Sexual segregation in distribution, diet and trophic level of seabirds: insights from stable isotope analysis

Marine Biology - Tập 158 Số 10 - Trang 2199-2208 - 2011
Richard A. Phillips1, Rona A. R. McGill2, Deborah A. Dawson3, Stuart Bearhop4
1British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
2NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility, Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park, East Kilbride, UK
3NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, UK
4Centre for Ecology and Conservation, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK

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