Finding the balance: The effect of the position of external devices on little penguins

Polar Bioscience

Volumn , Issue 18, 2005, Pages 46-53

  Chiaradia, André ^a   Ropert Coudert, Yan ^b   Healy, Marg ^a   Knott, Nathan ^c  

^a Phillip Island Nature Park   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Balance; External devices; Little penguins; Power analysis; Swimming

Indexed keywords

AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 17644394244     PISSN: 13446231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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