Synchronous diving behavior of Adélie penguins

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-11

  Takahashi, Akinori ^a,b   Sato, Katsufumi ^b   Nishikawa, Jun ^c   Watanuki, Yutaka ^d   Naito, Yasuhiko ^b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foraging behavior; Group foraging; Individual differences; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

AVES; PYGOSCELIS; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 1342269487     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-003-0111-1     Document Type: Article

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