Nocturnal foraging by great skuas Stercorarius skua: implications for conservation of storm-petrel populations

At St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, a large colony of great skuas Stercorarius skua feed extensively on one of the largest colonies of Leach’s storm-petrels Oceanodroma leucorhoa in Europe, but little is known about the dynamics of this predator–prey system. Recently published population estimates of storm...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of ornithology 2006-07, Vol.147 (3), p.405-413
Hauptverfasser:	Votier, Stephen C., Crane, Jonathan E., Bearhop, Stuart, de León, Ana, McSorley, Claire A., Mínguez, Eduardo, Mitchell, Ian P., Parsons, Matthew, Phillips, Richard A., Furness, Robert W.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Colonies Congeners Diet Oceanodroma leucorhoa Population decline Predation Predator-prey interactions Stercorarius skua
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