Foraging behavior of Brazilian cormorant, Nannopterum brasilianus (Suliformes: Phalacrocoracidae)

ABSTRACT Although the concept of optimal foraging has been extensively discussed, foraging efficiency is difficult to assess in vertebrates. In this study, we determined the foraging efficiency of the Brazilian cormorant, Nannopterum brasilianus Gmelin, 1789, by the direct, ad libitum observation of...

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Main Authors: Carla Gheler-Costa, Fábio Henrique Comin, Letícia C. Gilli, Luciano M. Verdade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2018-07-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702018000100328&lng=en&tlng=en