SHORT COMMUNICATION NOCTURNAL FORAGING BY CHATHAM ISLAND SKUAS

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• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: transmitters; skuas; Stercorarius skua lonnbergi; southern great skuas; Chatham Islands; nocturnal; Burrows; Rocky Point; Stercorarius skua
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.411.631; http://www.newzealandecology.org/nzje/free_issues/NZJEcol11_113.pdf

Summary: Study of the cooperative breeding of southern great skuas (Stercorarius skua lonnbergi) on the Chatham Islands has identified differences in food availability among territories. Skuas here feed substantially on breeding petrels. Transmitters were placed on 10 birds of pairs and cooperativel...