Mobile Incubation in Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata): Associated Hatching Failure and Artificial Mitigation
Waved albatrosses often relocate their eggs during incubation by placing the egg between the tarsi and shuffling forward. This behavior frequently results in eggs becoming lodged between rocks, accounting for at least 10%, and perhaps as much as 80%, of breeding failures. Because albatross populatio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2005-12-01
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| Series: | Avian Conservation and Ecology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ace-eco.org/vol1/iss1/art2/ |