Weight loss of Antarctic Fulmars Fulmarus glacialoides during incubation and chick brooding

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Author: WEIMERSKIRCH, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1990
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1990.tb01017.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1990.tb01017.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1990.tb01017.x

Weight losses incurred by incubating birds of both sexes, and weight changes at the beginning and end of shifts between successive incubation and brooding shifts were studied in the Antarctic Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides in Adélie Land, Antarctica. The overall rate of weight loss during incubation f...