Behavioral attraction of Leach's storm-petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) to dimethyl sulfide

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1497-1501

  Nevitt, Gabrielle A ^a   Haberman, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimethyl sulfide; DMS; Leach's storm petrel; Oceanodroma leucorhoa; Olfaction; Procellariiform seabird; Smell

Indexed keywords

COD LIVER OIL; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; SULFIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COD LIVER OIL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NEW BRUNSWICK; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SMELL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SULFIDES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; HYDROBATINAE; OCEANODROMA; OCEANODROMA LEUCORHOA; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 0038060247     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00287     Document Type: Article

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