Diving seabirds share foraging space and time within and among species

Diving seabirds share foraging space and time within and among species

Ecological theory predicts that animals with similar foraging strategies should not be able to co‐exist without segregating either in space, time or diet. In communities, intra‐specific competition is thought to be more intense than the competition among species, because of the lack of niche partiti...

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Main Authors: Juan F. Masello, Roger Mundry, Maud Poisbleau, Laurent Demongin, Christian C. Voigt, Martin Wikelski, Petra Quillfeldt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-12-01
Series:Ecosphere
Subjects:
colonial seabirds
diving seabirds
ecological segregation
foraging ecology
Gentoo Penguin, Pygoscelis papua
GPS-temperature-depth loggers
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1890/ES10-00103.1

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https://doi.org/10.1890/ES10-00103.1

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