Dietary variation in chick-feeding and self-provisioning Cape petrel Daption capense and Snow Petrel Pagodroma Nivea at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 81-87

  Fijn, Ruben C ^a,b   van Franeker, Jan A ^a   Trathan, Phil N ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b British Antarctic Survey ^*  (Netherlands)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cape Petrel; Chick feeding; Diet; Self provisioning; Snow Petrel; Water off load

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CRUSTACEAN; DIETARY OVERLAP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; FOOD WEB; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; SIGNY ISLAND; SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS;

EID: 84870920737     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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