Occasional inter-sex differences in diet and foraging behavior of the Blue-footed Booby: Maximizing chick rearing in a variable environment?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 269-277

  Castillo Guerrero, José Alfredo ^a,b   Mellink, Eric ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Foraging ecology; Gulf of California; Parental care; Sula nebouxii

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIRD; BROOD SIZE; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST; PARENTAL CARE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

SULA NEBOUXII; SULIDAE;

EID: 79952695403     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0575-z     Document Type: Article

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