Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) respond to predation danger during colony approach flights

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-70

  Addison, BriAnne ^a,c   Ydenberg, Ronald C ^a   Smith, Barry D ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fratercula cirrhata; Predation; Raptor; Synchrony; Tufted Puffin; Wheeling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLONY; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; RAPTOR; SEABIRD; SYNCHRONY;

AVES; FALCO PEREGRINUS; FRATERCULA CIRRHATA; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 33846821947     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[63:TPFCRT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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