The use of acoustics to monitor burrow-nesting white-chinned petrels Procellaria aequinoctialis at Bird Island, South Georgia
Tape recordings of two types of vocalisations were used to assess burrow occupancy by white-chinned petrels (Procellaria aequinoctialis) at South Georgia. Birds responded to the rattle call on 74% of occasions and a wheezy call on 85%, with only 10% failing to respond to both calls played one after...
Published in: | Polar Biology |
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2000
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Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/20407/ https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000000128 |