Foraging and provisioning strategies of the light-mantled sooty albatross at South Georgia: competition and co-existence with sympatric pelagic predators

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Phillips, R.A., Silk, J.R.D., Croxall, J.P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Inter-Research 2005
• Subjects: Zoology; Antarctic; Bird Island; Scotia Sea; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Diomedea exulans; Wandering Albatross
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/1920/

Foraging and provisioning strategies of the light-mantled sooty albatross (LMSA) Phoebetria palpebrata were studied during chick-rearing at Bird Island, South Georgia, in January to May 2003. Virtually all trips of satellite-tracked birds were restricted to Antarctic waters. Individual birds followe...