Search Results - "Turco, K. R."

Lipid content and energy density of forage fishes from the northern Gulf of Alaska by Anthony, J.A., Roby, D.D., Turco, K.R.

“…Piscivorous predators can experience multi-fold differences in energy intake rates based solely on the types of fishes consumed. We estimated energy density of…”
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Variation in Energy Expenditure among Black‐Legged Kittiwakes: Effects of Activity‐Specific Metabolic Rates and Activity Budgets by Jodice, P. G. R., Roby, D. D., Suryan, R. M., Irons, D. B., Kaufman, A. M., Turco, K. R., Visser, G. H.

“…We sought to determine the effect of variation in time‐activity budgets (TABs) and foraging behavior on energy expenditure rates of parent black‐legged…”
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Assessing the nutritional stress hypothesis: relative influence of diet quantity and quality on seabird productivity by Jodice, Patrick G. R., Roby, Daniel D., Turco, Kathy R., Suryan, Robert M., Irons, David B., Piatt, John F., Shultz, Michael T., Roseneau, David G., Kettle, Arthur B., Anthony, Jill A.

“…Food availability comprises a complex interaction of factors that integrates abundance, taxonomic composition, accessibility, and quality of the prey base. The…”
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Increased energy expenditure by a seabird in response to higher food abundance by Jodice, Patrick G. R., Roby, Daniel D., Suryan, Robert M., Irons, David B., Turco, Kathy R., Brown, Evelyn D., Thedinga, John F., Visser, G. Henk

“…Variability in forage fish abundance strongly affects seabird behavior and reproductive success, although details of this relationship are unclear. During 1997…”
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