Chick provisioning and nest attendance of male and female Wilson's storm petrels Oceanites oceanicus

Polar Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1315-1321

  Gladbach, Anja ^a,b   Braun, Christina ^a   Nordt, Anja ^a   Peter, Hans Ulrich ^a   Quillfeldt, Petra ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Oceanites oceanicus; Parental investment; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NEST STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; HYDROBATINAE; OCEANITES OCEANICUS;

EID: 70350166547     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0628-z     Document Type: Article

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