The foraging ecology of female Emperor Penguins in winter

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-176

  Kirkwood, Roger ^a   Robertson, Graham ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic winter; Aptenodytes forsteri; Breeding strategy; Consumption rates; Diet; Diving behavior; Emperor Penguin; Euphausia superba; Foraging location; Krill; Pleuragramma antarcticum; Water turnover

Indexed keywords

APTENODYTES FORSTERI; EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA; EUPHAUSIACEA; PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICUM;

DIET; DIVING; EMPEROR PENGUIN; FORAGING; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANTARCTICA, AUSTER GLACIER; ANTARCTICA, TAYLOR GLACIER;

EID: 0031284511     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(1997)067[0155:TFEOFE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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