Responses of common diving petrel chicks ( Pelecanoides urinatrix ) to burrow and colony specific odours in a simple wind tunnel

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Cunningham, Gregory B., Van Buskirk, Richard W., Hodges, Mark J., Nevitt, Gabrielle A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2012
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Burrows; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102012000168; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102012000168

Abstract Researchers have previously assumed that common diving petrels ( Pelecanoides urinatrix ) have a limited sense of smell since they have relatively small olfactory bulbs. A recent study, however, showed that adult diving petrels prefer the scent of their own burrow compared to burrows of oth...