Distributional patterns of a marine bird and its prey: habitat selection based on prey and conspecific behaviour

• Main Authors: Davoren, Gail K., Montevecchi, William A., Anderson, John T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2003
• Subjects: QH301 Biology; Funk Island; Common Murre; Newfoundland; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/1749/; https://research.library.mun.ca/1749/1/Distributional_patterns_of_a_marine_bird_and_its_prey_habitat_selection_based_on_prey_and_conspecific_behaviour.pdf; https://research.library.mun.ca/1749/3/Distributional_patterns_of_a_marine_bird_and_its_prey_habitat_selection_based_on_prey_and_conspecific_behaviour.pdf; http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v256/

We examined distributional patterns of a pursuit-diving seabird, the common murre Uria aalge, and its fish prey, capelin Mallotus villosus, within the avian foraging range of the largest murre colony in eastern North America: Funk Island, Newfoundland. During chick-rearing, the foraging habitat was...