Measurement of chick provisioning in Antarctic Prions Pachyptila desolata using an automated weighing system

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-134

  Reid, Keith ^a   Liddle, Gordon M ^a   Prince, Peter A ^a   Croxall, John P ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; NESTLING; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; BIRD ISLAND; SOUTH GEORGIA;

PACHYPTILA DESOLATA;

EID: 0033053859     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677121     Document Type: Article

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