Brood-guarding duration in black-browed albatrosses Thalassarche melanophris: temporal, geographical and individual variation

In birds, the period spent brooding or guarding young chicks is highly variable, but such variation has seldom been studied. Previous single-year studies of Antarctic petrels Thalassoica antarctica and grey-headed albatrosses Thalassarche chrysostoma revealed a pronounced seasonal decline in brood-g...

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Main Author: Catry, Paulo (author)
Other Authors: Phillips, Richard A. (author), Forster, Isaac P. (author), Matias, Rafael (author), Lecoq, Miguel (author), Granadeiro, José Pedro (author), Strange, Ian J. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/2444
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ispa.pt:10400.12/2444