Mysterious attendance cycles in Cory's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea: an exploration of patterns and hypotheses

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1455-1462

  Granadeiro, José P ^a   Alonso, Hany ^b   Almada, Vitor ^b   Menezes, Dília ^c   Phillips, Richard A ^d   Catry, Paulo ^b  

^a Museu Nacional de Historia Natural Universidade de Lisboa   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^c Parque Natural da Madeira   (Portugal)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Berlenga Island; Calonectris diomedea; Cory's shearwater; logger; periodicity; seabird; Selvagem Grande; social interaction; synchrony

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PERIODICITY; SEABIRD; SYNCHRONY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA;

EID: 70649097277     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.09.029     Document Type: Article

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