Weight loss in incubating albatrosses and its implications for their energy and food requirements

The weight loss of incubating Black-browed Albatrosses (Diomedea melanophris) and Grey-headed Albatrosses (D. chrysostoma) was measured at Bird Island, South Georgia. The rate of weight loss did not differ significantly either between the sexes or between the species. The results suggest that these...

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Published in:The Condor
Main Authors: Prince, P.A., Ricketts, C., Thomas, G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Oxford University Press 1981
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Bird Island
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524748/
https://doi.org/10.2307/1367315
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spelling ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:524748 2023-05-15T15:44:40+02:00 Weight loss in incubating albatrosses and its implications for their energy and food requirements Prince, P.A. Ricketts, C. Thomas, G. 1981 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524748/ https://doi.org/10.2307/1367315 unknown Oxford University Press Prince, P.A.; Ricketts, C.; Thomas, G. 1981 Weight loss in incubating albatrosses and its implications for their energy and food requirements. The Condor, 83 (3). 238-242. https://doi.org/10.2307/1367315 <https://doi.org/10.2307/1367315> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 1981 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.2307/1367315 2023-02-04T19:49:01Z The weight loss of incubating Black-browed Albatrosses (Diomedea melanophris) and Grey-headed Albatrosses (D. chrysostoma) was measured at Bird Island, South Georgia. The rate of weight loss did not differ significantly either between the sexes or between the species. The results suggest that these two species have the same metabolic requirements. The difference in the quality of their diet leads to estimates of daily food intake considerably higher for the Grey-headed than for the Black-browed albatross. This may have been a factor in the evolution of biennial breeding in the Grey-headed Albatross. Article in Journal/Newspaper Bird Island Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Bird Island ENVELOPE(-38.060,-38.060,-54.004,-54.004) The Condor 83 3 238
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description The weight loss of incubating Black-browed Albatrosses (Diomedea melanophris) and Grey-headed Albatrosses (D. chrysostoma) was measured at Bird Island, South Georgia. The rate of weight loss did not differ significantly either between the sexes or between the species. The results suggest that these two species have the same metabolic requirements. The difference in the quality of their diet leads to estimates of daily food intake considerably higher for the Grey-headed than for the Black-browed albatross. This may have been a factor in the evolution of biennial breeding in the Grey-headed Albatross.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Prince, P.A.
Ricketts, C.
Thomas, G.
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Weight loss in incubating albatrosses and its implications for their energy and food requirements
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title Weight loss in incubating albatrosses and its implications for their energy and food requirements
title_short Weight loss in incubating albatrosses and its implications for their energy and food requirements
title_full Weight loss in incubating albatrosses and its implications for their energy and food requirements
title_fullStr Weight loss in incubating albatrosses and its implications for their energy and food requirements
title_full_unstemmed Weight loss in incubating albatrosses and its implications for their energy and food requirements
title_sort weight loss in incubating albatrosses and its implications for their energy and food requirements
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