Proximity to multiple foraging habitats enhances seabirds' resilience to local food shortages

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 471, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-269

  Paredes, Rosana ^a   Harding, Ann M A ^b   Irons, David B ^c   Roby, Daniel D ^a   Suryan, Robert M ^a   Orben, Rachael A ^d   Renner, Heather ^e   Young, Rebecca ^f   Kitaysky, Alexander ^f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Diet; Foraging strategies; GPS tracking; Kittiwakes; Marine habitats; Nutritional stress; Productivity; Seabird populations

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DIET; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; SHELF BREAK; TRACKING;

BERING SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; LARUS; MYCTOPHIDAE; PISCES; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 84871734819     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10034     Document Type: Article

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