Comparative egg attendance patterns of incubating polar petrels

• Published in: Animal Biotelemetry
• Main Authors: Scott A. Shaffer, Pierre Blévin, Christophe Barbraud, Olivier Chastel, Henri Weimerskirch
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2021
• Subjects: Biologging; Cape petrel; Egg turning rates; Egg temperatures; Egg neglect; Snow petrel; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Animal biochemistry; QP501-801; Nivea; Dumont d’Urville; Antarc*; Antarctica; Cape Petrel; Cape Petrels; Daption capense; Snow Petrel; Snow Petrels
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00240-4; https://doaj.org/article/c474b4a357fa492e8e122b1af05ed2b4

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...