Euan Young

Skua and Penguin

Predator and Prey
Herausgeber: Bliss, L. C.; Clarke, A. C.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 808g
• ISBN-13: 9780521018135
• ISBN-10: 0521018137
• Artikelnr.: 21241775

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The study area. Ross Island and the Cape Bird penguin colonies
3. The range of foods available to the skuas at Cape Bird during the breeding season
4. The biomass of penguin eggs and chicks on the Northern Colony
5. Factors of penguin biology that constrain or assist skua predation
6. Description of scavenging and predatory behaviour of skuas and the defensive behaviour of penguins
7. The diversity and intensity of skua foraging behaviour on the penguin colony
8. The amount of food taken by the skuas from the penguin colony
9. The costs and returns of foraging at the colony and at sea
10. Immediate impact of the contestants on each other
11. Appreciating the penguins
12. Associating together. The longer term implications
13. Synthesis
Appendices
References
Index.