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.
• Other Authors: Department of Life Sciences (Faculty of Sciences and Technology), IMAR-CMA-Institute of Marine Research, British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs), La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2012
• Subjects: [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Bird Island; Diomedea exulans; Wandering Albatross
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00710989; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-1946-1

International audience 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 infer...