Seaweed provisioning behaviour confers thermal benefit for nesting Australasian gannets (Morus serrator)

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1823-1837

  Matthews, J L ^a,b   Ismar, S M H ^a   Hauber, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incubation; Nest building; Nuptial gift; Sex specificity; Thermal physiology

Indexed keywords

AVES; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS SERRATOR; SULIDAE;

EID: 67249113411     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908786279600     Document Type: Article

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