Role of body size in shaping the trophic structure of tropical seabird communities

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 497, Issue , 2014, Pages 243-257

  Mancini, Patrícia L ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Bugoni, Leandro ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Isotopic niche; Niche overlap; Resource partitioning; Seasonal variation; SIBER; Stable isotopes; Trophic position

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893715021     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10589     Document Type: Article

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