A comprehensive isotopic investigation of habitat preferences in nonbreeding albatrosses from the Southern Ocean

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 277-286

  Cherel, Yves ^a   Jaeger, Audrey ^a   Alderman, Rachael ^b   Jaquemet, Sébastien ^c,d   Richard, Pierre ^e   Wanless, Ross M ^f,g   Phillips, Richard A ^h   Thompson, David R ⁱ  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g BirdLife South Africa   (South Africa)

^h BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOLT; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; SUBSPECIES; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

AVES; DIOMEDEIDAE;

EID: 84875365119     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07466.x     Document Type: Article

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