Annual variation in the diet of breeding European Shag (phalacrocorax aristotelis) in Central Norway

Waterbirds

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 420-429

  Hillersøy, Grethe ^a   Lorentsen, Svein Håkon ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Central Norway; Diet; European shag; Gadoid fish; Saithe

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; BREEDING POPULATION; BROOD REARING; COLONY; DIET; FISH; FISHERY; ORNITHOLOGY; SEABIRD; TAXONOMY;

NORD TRONDELAG; NORWAY; SKLINNA;

EID: 84867829459     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.035.0306     Document Type: Article

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