Ecological Segregation in Space, Time and Trophic Niche of Sympatric Planktivorous Petrels

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Navarro, Joan ^a   Votier, Stephen C ^b   Aguzzi, Jacopo ^a   Chiesa, Juan J ^c   Forero, Manuela G ^d   Phillips, Richard A ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; ECOLOGICAL SEGREGATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HALOBAENA CAERULEA; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PACHYPTILA DESOLATA; PELECANOIDES GEORGICUS; PELECANOIDES URINATRIX; SEABIRD; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; ANIMAL; BIRD; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

HALOBAENA CAERULEA; PACHYPTILA DESOLATA; PELECANOIDES URINATRIX; PROCELLARIIDAE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876987287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062897     Document Type: Article

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