Costly pre-laying behaviours and physiological expenditures by northern fulmars in the High Arctic

Ecoscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 545-554

  Mallory, Mark L ^a   Forbes, Mark R ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Energetics; Fulmarus glacialis; Northern fulmar; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; EXPENDITURE; INCUBATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD;

ARCTIC;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 58149260265     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/15-4-3187     Document Type: Article

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