A comparison of the olfactory abilities of three species of procellariiform chicks

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1615-1620

  Cunningham, Gregory B ^a   Van Buskirk, Richard W ^a   Bonadonna, Francesco ^b   Weimerskirch, Henri ^b   Nevitt, Gabrielle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dimethyl sulphide; Foraging; Halobaena caerulea; Kerguelen island; Olfaction; Pachyptila belcheri; Pelecanoides urinatrix; Procellariiform; Sleep like state

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; ODORS; SMELL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; HALOBAENA CAERULEA; PACHYPTILA; PACHYPTILA BELCHERI; PELECANOIDES; PELECANOIDES URINATRIX; PISUM SATIVUM; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 0038181359     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00286     Document Type: Article

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