Energetic bottleneck factors in catastrophic winter seabird losses
Friday, July 17, 2009 - 13:07
in Biology & Nature
It's a terrible sight: hundreds of dead seabirds washed up on the seashore. These catastrophic events occur in the winter and are known as winter wrecks. No one knows why the birds perish, and it is almost impossible to study the animals out in stormy winter seas to find out how they meet their fate...