Telomere length is a strong predictor of foraging behavior in a long-lived seabird

Ecosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Young, Rebecca C ^a   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^a   Barger, Chris P ^a,d   Dorresteijn, Ine ^a,e   Ito, Motohiro ^b   Watanuki, Yutaka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^e LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brunnich's guillemot; Data logger; Diving behavior; Foraging ecology; Pribilof islands; Seabird; Telomeres; Temperature depth recorder; Thick billed murre; Uria lomvia

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARIDAE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 84926490099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00345.1     Document Type: Article

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