Stable isotopes document inter- and intra-specific variation in feeding ecology of nine large southern procellariiformes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 490, Issue , 2013, Pages 255-266

  Jaeger, Audrey ^a,b   Jaquemet, Sébastien ^b,c   Phillips, Richard A ^d   Wanless, Ross M ^e,f   Richard, Pierre ^g   Cherel, Yves ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f BirdLife South Africa   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Albatross; Generalism; Migration; Seabird; Trophic segregation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; COEXISTENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MIGRATION; MOLT; PLUMAGE; SEABIRD; SEASON; SPECIALIST; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACKING;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84884523647     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10436     Document Type: Article

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