Plasticity in parental provisioning and chick growth in Little Penguins Eudyptula minor in years of high and low breeding success

Ardea

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 257-270

  Chiaradia, André ^a   Nisbet, Ian C T ^b  

^a Phillip Island Nature Park   (Australia)

^b ICT Nisbet and Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual variation; Australia; Eudyptula minor; Foraging; Growth; Little Penguin; Meal size; Parental provisioning

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; NESTING; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

EUDYPTULA MINOR; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33845236144     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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