The influence of adult age on territorial attendance by breeding Great Skuas Catharacta skua: An experimental study

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 399-406

  Catry, Paulo ^a,b   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; SEABIRD; TERRITORIALITY;

AVES; CATHARACTA SKUA; CHARADRIIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033454011     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677012     Document Type: Article

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