Sexual segregation in timing of foraging by imperial shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps): Is it always ladies first?

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1249-1258

  Harris, Sabrina ^a   Raya Rey, Andrea ^b   Phillips, Richard A ^c   Quintana, Flavio ^a,d  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d Wildlife Conservation Society ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST SITE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ARGENTINA;

PHALACROCORAX ATRICEPS;

EID: 84876452792     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-013-2177-9     Document Type: Article

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