Women from Venus, men from Mars: Inter-sex foraging differences in the imperial cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps a colonial seabird

• Published in: Oikos
• Main Authors: Quintana, Flavio Roberto, Wilson, Rory P., Dell'arciprete, Olga Patricia, Shepard, Emily, Gómez Laich, Agustina Marta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: Imperial Cormorant; Sexual Dimorphism; Foraging Behaviour; Habitat Use; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Chubut; Venus; Phalacrocorax atriceps
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/84404

Colonial seabirds are central place foragers and likely to be subject to substantial competition for resources. Mechanisms proposed for reducing intra-specific competition include differential inter-sex area use mediated by adult choice. We used GPS loggers and dive recorders to study area use and d...