Chick-provisioning behaviour of two shearwaters breeding in south-eastern Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 319-326

  Schultz, M A ^a   Klomp, N I ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chick provisioning; Feeding frequency; Meal size; Seabird foraging; Short tailed shearwater; Wedge tailed shearwater

Indexed keywords

CICONIIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; PUFFINUS PACIFICUS; PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS;

EID: 0010301478     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2000.tb00036.x     Document Type: Article

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