Short- and long-term consistency in the foraging niche of wandering albatrosses

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Ceia, Filipe R., Phillips, Richard A., Ramos, Jaime A., Cherel, Yves, Vieira, Rui P., Richard, Pierre, Xavier, José C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2012
• Subjects: Bird Island; Diomedea exulans; Wandering Albatross
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18520/; http://www.springer.com/environment/aquatic+sciences/journal/227

The wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) is regarded as a generalist predator, but can it be consistent in its foraging niche at an individual level? This study tested short- and long-term consistency in the foraging niche in terms of habitat use, trophic level and, by inference, prey selection. F...