Differences in foraging behaviour and feeding ecology in giant petrels

• Main Authors: Gonzáles-Solís, J., Croxall, J.P.
• Other Authors: Ruckstuhl, K.E., Neuhaus, P.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2005
• Subjects: Antarctic; Giganteus; Antarc*; Giant Petrels
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17879/

The two sibling species of giant petrels (northern Macronectes halli and the southern M. giganteus), the dominant scavengers of the sub-Antarctic and Antarctic environment, are one of the best examples of sexual segregation in avian foraging and feeding ecology. During breeding, males and females fe...