Parent-offspring interactions in food provisioning of Manx shearwaters: Implications for nestling obesity

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 627-631

  Hamer, K C ^a   Lynnes, A S ^a,b   Hill, J K ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT RESERVE; FOOD INTAKE; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SEABIRD;

CICONIIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; PROCELLARIIFORMES; PUFFINUS AURICULARIS; PUFFINUS PUFFINUS;

EID: 0033104520     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0994     Document Type: Article

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