Short timescale rate maximization by gulls and implications for predation on size-structured prey

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 280-292

  Suraci, Justin P ^a,b   Dill, Lawrence M ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

diet breadth; glaucous winged gull; intertidal ecology; Pisaster ochraceus; prey encounter rate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIET; FOOD WEB; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; SIZE STRUCTURE; TIMESCALE;

ASTEROIDEA; AVES; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; PISASTER; PISASTER OCHRACEUS;

EID: 84871232945     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars165     Document Type: Article

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