Breeding strategies of Antarctic Petrels Thalassoica antarctica and Southern Fulmars Fulmarus glacialoides in the high Antarctic and implications for reproductive success

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 160-171

  Creuwels, Jeroen C S ^a,b   Van Franeker, Jan A ^a   Doust, Susan J ^c   Beinssen, Anna ^c   Harding, Belinda ^c   Hentschel, Oliver ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ecology; Fulmarine petrels; Fulmarus glacioloides; Seabirds; Thalassoica antarctica; Timing of breeding

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COASTAL ZONE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SYNCHRONY; WEATHER;

ANTARCTICA; ARDERY ISLAND; EAST ANTARCTICA; WINDMILL ISLANDS;

FULMARUS; FULMARUS GLACIALOIDES; PROCELLARIIDAE; THALASSOICA ANTARCTICA;

EID: 38049040468     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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