Multi-scale foraging variability in Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) fuels potential foraging plasticity

Marine Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2743-2756

  Pettex, Emeline ^a,b   Lorentsen, Svein Håkon ^c   Grémillet, David ^a,d   Gimenez, Olivier ^a   Barrett, Robert T ^e   Pons, Jean Baptiste ^a,f   Le Bohec, Céline ^g   Bonadonna, Francesco ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Observatoire du Mont Blanc   (France)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f Société d Echantillonnage et d Ingénierie Scientifique en Environnement   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SEASON; COLONY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; FUEL; GPS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

NORWAY;

MORUS (BIRD); MORUS BASSANUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 84870368311     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2035-1     Document Type: Article

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