Sex-specific food provisioning in a monomorphic seabird, the common guillemot Uria aalge: Nest defence, foraging efficiency or parental effort?

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-84

  Thaxter, Chris B ^a,f   Daunt, Francis ^b   Hamer, Keith C ^a   Watanuki, Yutaka ^c   Harris, Mike P ^b   Grémillet, David ^d   Peters, Gerrit ^e   Wanless, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e Earth and Ocean GmbH   (Germany)

^f THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEDGING; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST GUARDING; PARENTAL CARE; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ALCIDAE; URIA AALGE;

EID: 58249105833     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04507.x     Document Type: Article

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