Giant petrels as predators of albatross chicks

Polar Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 761-766

  Dilley, Ben J ^a   Davies, Delia ^a   Connan, Maëlle ^a,b   Cooper, John ^c   de Villiers, Marienne ^a   Swart, Lieze ^d   Vandenabeele, Sylvie ^e   Ropert Coudert, Yan ^f,g   Ryan, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d Department of Environment Affairs ^*  (South Africa)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Chick predation; Diomedea exulans; Macronectes halli; Prince Edward Islands

Indexed keywords

FLEDGING; HUNTING; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SEABIRD;

MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; DIOMEDEIDAE; MACRONECTES; MACRONECTES HALLI; PHOEBETRIA; PHOEBETRIA FUSCA; PROCELLARIIDAE; THALASSARCHE;

EID: 84876115486     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-013-1300-1     Document Type: Article

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