Tufted ducks Aythya fuligula do not control buoyancy during diving

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-267

  Halsey, Lewis G ^a   Wallace, Stacey E ^b   Woakes, Anthony J ^a   Winkler, Hans ^c   Butler, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DIVING BEHAVIOR; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; AYTHYA; AYTHYA FULIGULA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 19444378968     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2005.03384.x     Document Type: Article

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