Capture and blood sampling do not affect foraging behaviour, breeding success and return rate of a large seabird: The black-browed albatross

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-361

  Angelier, Frédéric ^a,b   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Chastel, Olivier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Albatross; Blood sample; Disturbance; Foraging; Handling; Survival

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CAPTURE METHOD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HANDLING STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLAR REGION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RETURN MIGRATION; SAMPLING; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS;

EID: 79951768068     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0888-7     Document Type: Article

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