Foraging and provisioning strategies of black-browed albatrosses in relation to the requirements of the chick: Natural variation and experimental study

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 635-643

  Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Mougey, Thierry ^a   Hindermeyer, Xavier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Black browed albatross; Chick growth; Diomedea melanophris; Experimental manipulation; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS; BLACK-BROWN ALBATROSS; FOOD PROVISIONING; FOOD REQUIRMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS;

EID: 0031464685     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.6.635     Document Type: Article

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