Changing distribution of flocking sea ducks as non-regenerating food resources are depleted

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Bustnes, J.O., Systad, G.H., Ydenberg, R.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: eagle haliaeetus-albicilla; eiders somateria-mollissima; habitat selection; mytilus-edulis; northern norway; polysticta-stelleri; prey depletion; size; surf scoters; wintering common-eiders; Norway; Sutherland; Haliaeetus albicilla; Kvalsundet; Northern Norway; Polysticta stelleri; Somateria mollissima
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/changing-distribution-of-flocking-sea-ducks-as-non-regenerating-f; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10339

Sutherland & Anderson (1993; J Theor Biol 160:223–230) considered how the distribution of consumers should change as prey resources fixed at the start of a period of exploitation are depleted by foraging activities. Their model predicts that consumers initially aggregate on a single or a few pat...