Sexual differences in foraging behaviour and diets: a case study of wandering albatrosses

• Main Authors: Xavier, J.C., Croxall, J.P.
• Other Authors: Ruckstuhl, K.E., Neuhaus, P.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2005
• Subjects: Antarctic; Tickell; Antarc*; Diomedea exulans; Wandering Albatross
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/16437/

Albatrosses and petrels (Procellariiformes) are a group of pelagic seabird species that exhibit a wide range in body mass and some degree of sexual dimorphism (Warham 1990; Croxall 1995). Within this order, the K-selected, single-egg clutch, monogamous, biennial breeder, wandering albatross Diomedea...