Wilson's storm petrels Oceanites oceanicus recognise the olfactory signature of their mate

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1228-1232

  Jouventin, Pierre ^a   Mouret, Vincent ^a   Bonadonna, Francesco ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MATE RECOGNITION; OLFACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA;

AVES; HYDROBATINAE; OCEANITES OCEANICUS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 36349024357     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01444.x     Document Type: Article

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