Precise monitoring of porpoising behaviour of Adelie penguins determined using acceleration data loggers

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3121-3126

  Yoda, K ^a,b   Sato, K ^b   Niizuma, Y ^c   Kurita, M ^d   Bost, C A ^e   Le Maho, Y ^e   Naito, Y ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Minato ku   (Japan)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Acceleration data logger; Adelie penguin; Locomotion; Monitoring; Porpoising; Pygoscelis adeliae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIRD; ENERGY METABOLISM; IMMERSION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; ENERGY METABOLISM; IMMERSION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SWIMMING;

EID: 0033226774     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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