The interactive effects of age and food supply on the breeding ecology of great skuas
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- 1 November 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Animal Ecology
- Vol. 67 (6) , 853-862
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.6760853.x
Abstract
Age-specific variation in the reproductive performance of great skuas in Shetland, U.K., was investigated during a period of fluctuating sandeel availability between 1988 and 1993. Increased san...Keywords
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