Feeding frequency, meal size and chick growth in Pycroft's petrel (Pterodroma pycrofti): Preparing for chick translocations in Pterodroma species

Notornis

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-32

  Gangloff, Benoit ^a   Wilson, Kerry Jayne ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chick growth; Meal size; Petrel; Pterodroma; Pterodroma pycrofti; Pycroft's petrel; Translocation

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

AUSTRALASIA; MERCURY ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PTERODROMA; PTERODROMA PYCROFTI;

EID: 2142772770     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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