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Seasonal Variation in Parental Care Drives Sex-Specific Foraging by a Monomorphic Seabird

Evidence of sex-specific foraging in monomorphic seabirds is increasing though the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. We investigate differential parental care as a mechanism for sex-specific foraging in monomorphic Common Murres (Uria aalge), where the male parent alone provisions the...

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Autores principales: Burke, Chantelle M., Montevecchi, William A., Regular, Paul M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4648532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26575646
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0141190