Sex-specific, inverted rhythms of breeding-site attendance in an Arctic seabird

Biology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Huffeldt, Nicholas Per ^a,b   Merkel, Flemming R ^b,c  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Br nnich's guillemot; Circadian rhythm; Parental care; Polar rhythm

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIURNAL VARIATION; PARENTAL CARE; POLAR FRONT; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

CHARADRIIFORMES; URIA LOMVIA;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; CHARADRIIFORMES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GREENLAND; LIGHT; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GREENLAND; LIGHT; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84994166849     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0289     Document Type: Article

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