Nestling obesity in procellariiform seabirds: Temporal and stochastic variation in provisioning and growth of short-tailed shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris

Oecologia

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-11

  Hamer, K C ^a   Nicholson, L W ^b   Hill, J K ^c   Wooller, R D ^b   Bradley, J S ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chick growth; Life history; Nutrition; Obesity; Procellariiformes

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; FOOD PROVISIONING; NESTING; NESTLING; NESTLING OBESITY; OBESITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOUR; SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS;

EID: 0030923419     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050276     Document Type: Article

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