Foraging behaviour of sympatric razorbills and puffins

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 520, Issue , 2015, Pages 257-267

  Shoji, Akiko ^a   Elliott, Kyle ^b   Fayet, Annette ^a   Boyle, Dave ^a   Perrins, Chris ^a   Guilford, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcids; Auks; Bio logging; Diving behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COEXISTENCE; EEL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SYMPATRY; WING;

ALCA; ALCA TORDA; ALCIDAE; AMMODYTES SP.; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; HYPOPTYCHIDAE; LARIDAE; PINGUINUS;

EID: 84922287216     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11080     Document Type: Article

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