Changes in egg and body temperature indicate triggering of egg desertion at a body mass threshold in fasting incubating blue petrels (Halobaena caerulea)

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 533-539

  Ancel, A ^a   Petter, L ^a   Groscolas, R ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Egg and body temperature; Fasting; Incubation; Seabirds; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

HALOBAENA CAERULEA;

EID: 0031714703     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050174     Document Type: Article

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