Foraging partitioning between giant petrels Macronectes spp. and its relationship with breeding population changes at Bird Island, South Georgia

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: González-Solís, J, Croxall, J.P., Wood, A.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Inter-Research 2000
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bird Island; Giganteus; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Antarctica; Giant Petrels
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20551/; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps204279

We satellite-tracked the foraging trips of males and females of the 2 sibling species of giant petrels, Macronectes halli and M. giganteus, breeding sympatrically at Bird Island (South Georgia, Antarctica), during the incubation period (November-December). Size of the activity range in addition to s...