Lifetime foraging patterns of the wandering albatross: Life on the move!

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 450, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-78

  Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Cherel, Yves ^a   Delord, Karine ^a   Jaeger, Audrey ^a   Patrick, Samantha C ^a   Riotte Lambert, Louise ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Diomedea exulans; Foraging movements; Lifetime distribution

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOENERGETICS; BREEDING POPULATION; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; NESTING SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; DIOMEDEIDAE;

EID: 84889601532     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2013.10.021     Document Type: Article

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