Avian diving, respiratory physiology and the marginal value theorem

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 165-174

  Walton, Paul ^b   Ruxton, Graeme D ^a   Monaghan, Pat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DIVING BEHAVIOUR; ECOPHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; CEPPHUS GRYLLE; GALLIFORMES; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 0032125922     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0759     Document Type: Article

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