Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 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 breeding biology that constrain or assist skua predation of eggs and chicks
- 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 skuas on penguin breeding
- 11 Appreciating the penguins: is it worth living with the penguins and do skuas appreciate the advantage?
- 12 Associating together: the longer-term implications
- 13 Synthesis
- Appendices
- References
- Index
8 - The amount of food taken by the skuas from the penguin colony
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 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 breeding biology that constrain or assist skua predation of eggs and chicks
- 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 skuas on penguin breeding
- 11 Appreciating the penguins: is it worth living with the penguins and do skuas appreciate the advantage?
- 12 Associating together: the longer-term implications
- 13 Synthesis
- Appendices
- References
- Index
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- Skua and PenguinPredator and Prey, pp. 211 - 239Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1994