Physiological ecology of breeders and sabbaticals in a pelagic seabird

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 389, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 13-17

  Giudici, Alessandro ^a   Navarro, Joan ^b   Juste, Candelaria ^c   González Solís, Jacob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding decisions; Ecophysiology; H L ratio; Leukocytes; Stable isotopes; Triglyceride

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BODY MASS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECTOPARASITE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAIL FEATHER;

ANIMALIA; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 78249250612     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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