Insights into diet and foraging behavior of imperial shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps) breeding at Staten and Becasses Islands, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina

• Published in: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
• Main Authors: Harris, Sabrina, Saenz Samaniego, Ricardo Andres, Raya Rey, Andrea Nélida
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wilson Ornithological Society
• Subjects: DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PHALACROCORAX ATRICEPS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TIERRA DEL FUEGO; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Austral; Argentina; Ricardo; Nélida; Saenz; Phalacrocorax atriceps; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/94690

Diet and behavior are essential aspects of ecological studies, and are even more informative if both aspects are studied together. We collected samples of feathers (n = 10 of unknown sex at Becasses Island in 2013) and of both feathers and blood at Staten Island (n = 5 males and n = 5 females in 201...