Prey resources used for producing egg yolks in four species of seabirds: Insight from stable-isotope ratios

Ornithological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-119

  Ito, Motohiro ^a   Kazama, Kentaro ^b   Niizuma, Yasuaki ^b   Minami, Hiroshi ^c   Tanaka, Yuzan ^d   Watanuki, Yutaka ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diet; Egg formation; Egg yolk; Seabirds; Stable isotope ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874915062     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.11.113     Document Type: Article

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