Different patterns of parental effort during chick-rearing by female and male Thick-billed Murres (Uria lomvia) at a low-arctic colony

Auk

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1064-1074

  Jones, Ian L ^a   Rowe, Sherrylynn ^a,c   Carr, Steve M ^a   Fraser, Gail ^a,d   Taylor, Philip ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INCUBATION; PARENTAL CARE; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CANADA; GANNET ISLANDS; LABRADOR;

AVES; BLENNIUS PHOLIS; LARIDAE; LEPTOCLINUS MACULATUS; LUMPENUS; LUMPENUS MACULATUS; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 0036823663     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090234     Document Type: Article

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