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Parental influence upon the provisioning schedules of nestling Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris.
- Source :
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Journal of Avian Biology . Dec2000, Vol. 31 Issue 4, p522. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- The single young of shearwaters grows slowly and is fed at long, often highly variable, intervals. We monitores the growth patterns of nestling Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris exchanged between nests in order to assess wheather the patterns of parental visits of the demands of their young determined the rate of food provisioning in this species. These cross-fostering trials indicate a strong parental influence upon the rate of food delivery, but did not exclude the possibility of a minor influence from chicks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PUFFINUS
*PARENTAL influences
*BABY birds
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09088857
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Avian Biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9156766
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-048x.2000.310412.x