Effects of attached data-loggers on the activity budgets of captive humboldt penguins

Zoo Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 365-373

  Simeone, Alejandro ^a   Wilson, Rory P ^a   Knauf, Gabriele ^b   Knauf, Werner ^b   Schützendübe, Jeannine ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b Zoo Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Data loggers; Device effects; Humboldt penguin; Spheniscus humboldti

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS; SPHENISCUS HUMBOLDTI;

EID: 0036332734     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.10044     Document Type: Article

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