Homing in pelagic birds: A pilot experiment with white-chinned petrels released in the open sea

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 95-100

  Benhamou, Simon ^a   Bried, Joël ^a   Bonadonna, Francesco ^a   Jouventin, Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Homing; Navigation; Path integration; Petrel

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; SEA;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; FORMICIDAE; PROCELLARIA; PROCELLARIA AEQUINOCTIALIS;

EID: 0037469867     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(02)00168-7     Document Type: Article

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