Impacts of Intraspecific Kleptoparasitism and Diet Shifts on Razorbill Alca torda productivity at the Gannet Islands, Labrador

• Main Authors: Lavers, JL, Jones, IL
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: African Seabird Group 2007
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Ecology not elsewhere classified; Gannet Islands; Alca torda; Razorbill
• Online Access: http://www.marineornithology.org/; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/77910

Intraspecific kleptoparasitism, the stealing of food from members of the same species, has received widespread but mostly superficialattention in the scientific literature. However, the effects of such behavior can be significant. Here we report on high rates of intraspecifickleptoparasitism in the...