Trophic Interactions in South West Atlantic Seabird Colonies

• Main Author: Van Buren, Amy Noel
• Other Authors: Boersma, Dee
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Competition; Falkland Islands; Foraging; Predation; Seabirds; Ecology; Animal behavior; biology; Argentina; Giganteus; Steeple; Jason Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Giant Petrels; Macronectes giganteus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1773/22443

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2012 Seabirds act as both predators and as prey. In the marine environment, seabird foraging patterns can reflect ocean conditions. On land, their breeding success reflects constraints placed on seabirds by central-place foraging, as well as aspects of the e...