Testing olfactory foraging strategies in an Antarctic seabird assemblage
Procellariiform seabirds (petrels, albatrosses and shearwaters) forage over thousands of square kilometres for patchily distributed prey resources. While these birds are known for their large olfactory bulbs and excellent sense of smell, how they use odour cues to locate prey patches in the vast oce...
Published in: | Journal of Experimental Biology |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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Company of Biologists
2004
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Online Access: | http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/short/207/20/3537 https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01198 |