Control of provisioning in grey-headed albatrosses (Thalassarche chrysostoma): Do adults respond to chick condition?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 111-116

  Phillips, Richard A ^a   Croxall, John P ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; FOOD PRODUCTS; NUTRITION;

PROVISIONING; ZOOLOGY;

BIOLOGY;

BODY CONDITION; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; SEABIRD;

AVES; CHRYSOSTOMA; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA CHRYSOSTOMA; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 0038513898     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-234     Document Type: Article

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