Thesis
The vocal and homing behaviour of the Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus with additional studies on other Procellariiformes
- Abstract:
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The marine birds comprising the order Procellariiformes are an ancient and diverse assemblage. A large proportion are both nocturnal and burrow-nesting at their breeding colonies, where in sharp contrast to their behaviour at sea, they are highly vociferous. Virtually nothing is known regarding the adaptive features of this process. Various aspects of vocal behaviour have therefore been investigated from 1981 to 1983 for seven species at breeding stations in both the boreal and sub-tropic...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 1984
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- td:602831351
- Source identifiers:
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602831351
- Deposit date:
- 2014-07-22
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- Copyright holder:
- James, Paul Clive
- Copyright date:
- 1984
- Notes:
- This thesis was digitised thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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