Stable isotope analysis and satellite tracking reveal interspecific resource partitioning of nonbreeding albatrosses off Alaska

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Suryan, Robert M., Fischer, Karen N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2010
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Bering Sea; Pacific; Rothschild; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z10-002; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/Z10-002; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/Z10-002

Albatrosses (Diomedeidae) are the most threatened family of birds globally. The three North Pacific species ( Phoebastria Reichenbach, 1853) are listed as either endangered or vulnerable, with the population of Short-tailed Albatross ( Phoebastria albatrus (Pallas, 1769)) less than 1% of its histori...