Foraging behavior and diet of Streaked Shearwaters Calonectris leucomelas rearing chicks on Mikura Island

Ornithological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-19

  Matsumoto, Kei ^a,d   Oka, Nariko ^b   Ochi, Daisuke ^a,e   Muto, Fumihito ^c,f   Satoh, Takashi P ^c,g   Watanuki, Yutaka ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMASHINA INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^f TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anchovy; Data logger; Dual foraging; Oyashio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874858830     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.11.9     Document Type: Article

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