How can a pelagic seabird provision its chick when relying on a distant food resource? Cyclic attendance at the colony, foraging decision and body condition in sooty shearwaters

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-109

  Weimerskirch, Henri ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Allocation; Antarctica; Chick growth; Energy gain; Foraging efficiency

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING DECISION; SEABIRD; SOOTY SHEARWATER;

PUFFINUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0031962572     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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