Foraging energetics of arctic cormorants and the evolution of diving birds

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 180-184

  Grémillet, David ^a,b   Wanless, Sarah ^a   Carss, David N ^a   Linton, Danielle ^a   Harris, Mike P ^a   Speakman, John R ^c   Maho, Yvon Le ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cormorants; Diving endotherms; Energetics; Foraging ecology; Hesperornis; Polar ecosystems; Seabirds; Thermoregulation; Vertebrate evolution

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOENERGETICS; DIVING BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; SEABIRD;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0034994442     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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