One House Two Families: Petrel Squatters Get a Sniff of Low‐Cost Breeding Opportunities

• Published in: Ethology
• Main Authors: Bonadonna, Francesco, Mardon, Jérôme
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2010
• Subjects: Antarctic; Kerguelen; Burrows; Kerguelen Island; Antarc*; Antarctic prion; Pachyptila desolata
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01725.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1439-0310.2009.01725.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01725.x

Summary Burrowing is a widespread nesting behaviour, found in vertebrates and invertebrates. It is particularly common in small procellariiform seabirds such as blue petrels ( Halobaena caerulea ) and Antarctic prions ( Pachyptila desolata ), two closely related petrel species. However, digging a bu...