Alternate long and short foraging trips in pelagic seabird parents

The provisioning patterns of 12 individual common diving petrels, 20 blue petrels, 22 thin-billed prions, 21 yellow-nosed albatrosses, 25 black-browed albatrosses and 37 wandering albatrosses on the Crozet, Kerguelen and Amsterdam Islands were studied. The birds were more likely to bring fresh food...

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Published inAnimal behaviour Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 472 - 476
Main Authors Weimerskirch, Henri, Chastel, Oliver, Ackermann, Luc, Chaurand, Thierry, Cuenot-Chaillet, Franck, Hindermeyer, Xavier, Judas, Jacky
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kent Elsevier Ltd 01.02.1994
Elsevier
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Ltd
Subjects
Animal behavior
Animal ethology
Aves
Biological and medical sciences
Birds
Food
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Marine
Procellariiformes
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Vertebrata
Kerguelen Islands
Antarctic Islands
Crozet Islands
Parental care
Parental behavior
Vertebrata
Feeding behavior
Interspecific comparison
Animal active movement
Aves
Cost benefit analysis
Foraging behavior
Distance
Field study
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Summary:The provisioning patterns of 12 individual common diving petrels, 20 blue petrels, 22 thin-billed prions, 21 yellow-nosed albatrosses, 25 black-browed albatrosses and 37 wandering albatrosses on the Crozet, Kerguelen and Amsterdam Islands were studied. The birds were more likely to bring fresh food after short trips than after long trips.
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ISSN:0003-3472
1095-8282
DOI:10.1006/anbe.1994.1065