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    • Giant petrels as predators of albatross chicks 

      Dilley, B.J.; Davies, D.; Connan, M.; Cooper, J.; de Villiers, M.; Swart, L.; Vandenabeele, S.; Ropert-Coudert, Y.; Ryan, P.G. (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013)
      Giant petrels Macronectes spp. are not thought to be important predators of albatross chicks, although they are known to kill pre-fledging Thalassarche and Phoebetria albatrosses. We report the first records of predation ...