Recognition of burrow's olfactory signature in blue petrels, Halobaena caerulea: An efficient discrimination mechanism in the dark

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 893-898

  Bonadonna, F ^a   Villafane, M ^a   Bajzak, C ^a   Jouventin, P ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BURROW; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OLFACTION; RECOGNITION; SEABIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; HALOBAENA CAERULEA;

EID: 2442543227     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.08.013     Document Type: Article

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