Lipid metabolism, begging behaviour and nestling obesity in a pelagic seabird

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 340-346

  Riou, Samuel ^a   Hamer, Keith C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian development; Body fat; Food provisioning; Parent offspring interactions; Procellariiformes

Indexed keywords

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLEDGING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIPID; METABOLISM; NESTLING; OBESITY; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; SEABIRD;

AVES; PROCELLARIIFORMES; PUFFINUS PUFFINUS;

EID: 77950198779     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01651.x     Document Type: Article

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