Feeding strategies of the Short-tailed Shearwater vary by year and sea-surface temperature but do not affect breeding success

• Published in: The Condor
• Main Authors: Einoder, L., Page, B., Goldsworthy, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cooper Ornithological Soc 2013
• Subjects: chick condition; feeding rate; energy flow; flexibility; sea-surface temperature; Luke; Puffinus tenuirostris
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/82765; https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2013.120197

To understand how animals cope with environmental variability it is necessary to identify the degree of flexibility in a species' diet and foraging mode and the consequences of this flexibility for reproduction. We examined rates of feeding and energy delivery to chicks by a long-lived pelagic...