Divergent foraging strategies during incubation of an unusually wide-ranging seabird, the Murphy's petrel

• Published in: Marine Biology
• Main Authors: Clay, Thomas A, Oppel, Steffen, Lavers, Jennifer L, Phillips, Richard A, Brooke, M de L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2019
• Subjects: Henderson Island; Pacific
• Online Access: http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3031877/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3451-7; http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3031877/1/MP_MarBio_Accepted.docx

Divergent foraging strategies may emerge within a population due to a combination of physiological and environmental factors; yet to persist, neither strategy should offer a consistent selective advantage over the alternative in the long term. Murphy's petrels Pterodroma ultima from Henderson I...