Accelerated growth rates in late-hatched Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata chicks depend on food conditions and growth stage: An experimental approach

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 296-306

  Hirose, Fumi ^a   Kazama, Kentaro ^a,b   Ito, Motohiro ^a,c   Watanuki, Yutaka ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcids; Compensatory growth; Fledging; Food supply; Hatch date

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLEDGING; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING DATE; PREDATION RISK; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; WING;

ALCIDAE; AVES; CERORHINCA; CERORHINCA MONOCERATA;

EID: 84858299198     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01205.x     Document Type: Article

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