Examining the development of individual recognition in a burrow-nesting procellariiform, the Leach's storm-petrel

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-340

  O'Dwyer, Terence W ^a   Ackerman, A L ^a   Nevitt, Gabrielle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual odour; Odour learning; Olfaction; Procellariiformes; Seabird

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; NESTING; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; ODORS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

ANIMALIA; AVES; HYDROBATINAE; OCEANODROMA LEUCORHOA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 40449113208     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.010512     Document Type: Article

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