Diving behaviour of the Shy Albatross Diomedea cauta in Tasmania: Initial findings and dive recorder assessment

Ibis

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 452-460

  Hedd, April ^a   Gales, Rosemary ^b   Brothers, Nigel ^b   Robertson, Graham ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; DIVING BEHAVIOUR; MAXIMUM DEPTH GAUGE; SHY ALBATROSS; TIME-DEPTH RECORDER;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA CAUTA; GALLUS GALLUS; MORUS (PLANT); SULIDAE; THALASSARCHE CAUTA;

EID: 0030873759     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1997.tb04658.x     Document Type: Article

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