An experimental field study of the function of crested auklet feather odor

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-78

  Jones, Ian L ^a   Hagelin, Julie C ^b   Major, Heather L ^a   Rasmussen, L E L ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethia cristatella; Alcidae; Chemical communication; Crested Auklet; Plumage odor; Sexual selection; Social signal

Indexed keywords

AETHIA CRISTATELLA; ALCIDAE; AVES; CRISTATELLA;

EID: 1142293788     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7363     Document Type: Article

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