Comparative egg attendance patterns of incubating polar petrels

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...

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Main Authors: Scott A. Shaffer, Pierre Blévin, Christophe Barbraud, Olivier Chastel, Henri Weimerskirch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:Animal Biotelemetry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-021-00240-4