Seasonal changes in the provisioning behaviour and mass of male and female wandering albatrosses in relation to the growth of their chick

Polar Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 733-744

  Weimerskirch, H ^a   Lys, P ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; SEABIRD;

CROZET ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN;

DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

EID: 0033815526     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000000144     Document Type: Article

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