Comparative egg attendance patterns of incubating polar petrels

• Published in: Animal Biotelemetry
• Main Authors: Shaffer, Scott A., Blévin, Pierre, Barbraud, Christophe, Chastel, Olivier, Weimerskirch, Henri
• Other Authors: San Jose State University, California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology, Institut Polaire Français Paul Emile Victor
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: Computer Networks and Communications; Instrumentation; Animal Science and Zoology; Signal Processing; Dumont d’Urville; Nivea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Cape Petrels; Daption capense; Snow Petrel; Snow Petrels
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00240-4; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/s40317-021-00240-4.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40317-021-00240-4/fulltext.html

Abstract Background The internal environment of eggs in most birds is regulated by transferring heat energy through contact incubation, maintaining nest microclimate, and frequent egg turning by the incubating parent on its nest. However, we lack information about egg attendance patterns in birds th...