Diet composition of seabirds from Corossol Island, Canada, using direct dietary and stable isotope analyses

Waterbirds

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 402-419

  Lavoie, Raphael A ^a,c   Rail, Jean Franois ^b   Lean, David R S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Lean Environmental   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian model; Diet composition; Isotopic niche; Mixing model; Seabirds; Size dimorphism; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORNITHOLOGY; SEABIRD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; COROSSOL ISLAND; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84867786620     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.035.0305     Document Type: Article

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