... by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2023 Summary: Exposure to light stimuli during growth increases visual behavioural responses in chicks of a light-impacted seabird species. Sensory development Sensory pollution Bird vision Animal behaviour Procellariiformes Calonectris borealis Fallout...

...Gabrielle A. Nevitt SUMMARY Procellariiform seabirds wander the world's oceans aided by olfactory abilities rivaling those of any animal on earth. Over the past 15 years, I have been privileged to study the sensory ecology of procellariiforms,focusing on how olfaction contributes to behaviors...

... in adherence to guidelines provided by the University of California, Davis Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Leach's storm-petrels, ( Oceanodroma leucorhoa Vieillot) are one of the most abundant burrow-nesting procellariiforms breeding in the northern hemisphere. Adults are generally...