TIMING OF FORAGING BY THE WANDERING ALBATROSS DIOMEDEA EXULANS

Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) Science Article 5

abstract

Deployment of devices which record timing and magnitude of food ingestion in two wandering albatrosses Diornedea exulans at sub-Antarctic Marion Island shows that feeding occurred both at night and during the day, but with most ingestion events (70%) occurring during daylight hours.

John COOPER, Rory P. WILSON and Nigel J. ADAMS, Proc. NIPR Symp. Polar Biol., 6, 55-61, 1993

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