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Evidence of incubation trade-offs in Leach's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa): ptilochronology as a measure of reproductive investment in a long-lived seabird

Lisa H. Elliott, Auteur ; Jennifer Grady, Auteur ; Jack Cerchiara, Auteur ; Mark F. Haussmann, Auteur ; Robert A. Mauck, Auteur

Dans Ibis (163(3) July, 2021)

Avian incubation investment represents a trade-off between the energetic demands of the parent and the thermal needs of the embryo. Parental energy balance and investment in somatic maintenance relative to incubation investment can be indexed by[...]

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Incubation failure and nest abandonment by Leach's Storm-Petrels detected using PIT tags and temperature loggers

Jennifer L. Zangmeister, Auteur ; Mark F. Haussmann, Auteur ; Jack Cerchiara, Auteur ; Robert A. Mauck, Auteur

Dans Journal of Field Ornithology (80(4) DEC 2009)

The nocturnal activity of burrow-nesting seabirds, such as storm-petrels and shearwaters, makes it difficult to study their incubation behavior. In particular, little is known about possible differences in the incubation behavior of adults at su[...]

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