Behavioural responses of blue petrel chicks (Halobaena caerulea) to food-related and novel odours in a simple wind tunnel

Antarctic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 345-352

  Cunningham, Gregory B ^a   Van Buskirk, Richard W ^a   Hodges, Mark J ^a   Weimerskirch, Henri ^b   Nevitt, Gabrielle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Foraging; Kerguelen; Olfaction; Procellariiform

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD; OLFACTORY CUE; SEABIRD; WIND TUNNEL;

HALOBAENA CAERULEA; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 33747886523     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102006000393     Document Type: Article

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