Sex-specific provisioning behaviour in a monomorphic seabird with a bimodal foraging strategy

Ibis

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 502-513

  Welcker, Jorg ^a,b   Steen, Harald ^a   Harding, Ann M A ^c   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alle alle; Feeding rate; Little Auk; Parental care; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST GUARDING; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ALLE ALLE; PINGUINUS;

EID: 67849134916     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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