PREY RESOURCES, COMPETITION, AND GEOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE OF KITTIWAKE COLONIES IN PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND

Mostly indirect evidence has shown that the size of bird colonies is often related positively to the size of foraging areas, in turn an indirect measure of prey availability. We report here results of an unusual opportunity to directly investigate the relationships among the size and distribution of colonies of Black-legged Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), the degree of overlap of colony-specific foraging areas, and the availability of kittiwake...