Factors affecting the solution of a parental dilemma in albatrosses: at what age should chicks be left unattended?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 383-391

  Catry, Paulo ^a,b   Phillips, Richard A ^a   Forcada, Jaume ^a   Croxall, John P ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PARENTAL CARE; PREDATION RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

AVES; DIOMEDEA CHRYSOSTOMA; DIOMEDEIDAE;

EID: 33746605552     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.10.030     Document Type: Article

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