Black legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla diet

Since 1980, black-legged kittiwakes on Hornøya have been the subject of a variety of studies that have involved the capture of both adults and offspring during the chick-rearing period. Because both age groups often spontaneously regurgitate the contents of their proventriculus when handled, Food wa...

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Main Author: Barrett, Robert T.
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: DataverseNO 2016
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.18710/727vg6
https://dataverse.no/citation?persistentId=doi:10.18710/727VG6
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Summary:Since 1980, black-legged kittiwakes on Hornøya have been the subject of a variety of studies that have involved the capture of both adults and offspring during the chick-rearing period. Because both age groups often spontaneously regurgitate the contents of their proventriculus when handled, Food was sampled by collecting these regurgitations whenever the opportunity arose.