Do acoustic parameters of begging calls of Cory's Shearwaters Calonectris diomedea reflect chick body condition?

Waterbirds

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-320

  Träger, Inga ^a   Masello, Juan F ^b,c   Mundry, Roger ^d,e   Quillfeldt, Petra ^b,c,f  

^a University of Glasgow ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e Forschungs und Technologie Zentrum Westküste   (Germany)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calonectris diomedea; Parent offspring communication; Provisioning; Seabirds; Signalling

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; BEGGING BEHAVIOR; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SEABIRD;

CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 33749428485     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2006)29[315:DAPOBC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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