Incubation failure and nest abandonment by Leach's Storm-Petrels detected using PIT tags and temperature loggers

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 373-379

  Zangmeister, Jennifer L ^a,b   Haussmann, Mark F ^a,c   Cerchiara, Jack ^a,d   Mauck, Robert A ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandonment; IButton; Incubation behavior; Nest monitor; PIT tag; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

HYDROBATINAE; OCEANODROMA LEUCORHOA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 72249123202     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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