The role of parent-offspring interactions during and after fledging in the Black-legged Kittiwake

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Mulard, Hervé ^a,b   Danchin, Étienne ^a  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Black legged Kittiwake; Fledging; Parent offspring recognition; Post fledging care; Rissa tridactyla; Vocal signature

Indexed keywords

FLEDGING; MORTALITY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE; RECOGNITION; SEABIRD; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEDGLING; JUVENILE ANIMAL; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PROGENY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

AVES; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 46149127544     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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