Regulation of food provisioning in the Antarctic petrel; the importance of parental body condition and chick body mass

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 699-704

  Tveraa, Torkild ^a,b   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a,c   Aanes, Ronny ^a   Erikstad, Kjell Einar ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Body condition; Fixed level of investment hypothesis; Flexible level of investment hypothesis; Procellariiform life

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NESTLING; PARENTAL CARE; SEABIRD;

THALASSOICA ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0031671041     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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