Successful homing of magnet-carrying white-chinned petrels released in the open sea

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 729-734

  Benhamou, Simon ^a   Bonadonna, Francesco ^b   Jouventin, Pierre ^b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; SEABIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; PROCELLARIA; PROCELLARIA AEQUINOCTIALIS;

EID: 0037392996     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2092     Document Type: Article

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