Krill-feeding behaviour in a Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarctica compared with fish-eating in Magellanic Penguins Spheniscus magellanicus: A pilot study

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-54

  Takahashi, Atak ^a,b,c   Dunn, M J ^a   Trathan, P N ^a   Croxall, J P ^a   Wilson, R P ^d   Sato, K ^b   Naito, Y ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Antarctica; Argentina; Chinstrap Penguin; Diving behaviour; Foraging ecology; Magellanic Penguin; Pygoscelis antarctica; Spheniscus magellanicus

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD;

CEPHALOPODA; EUPHAUSIACEA; PYGOSCELIS ANTARCTICA; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 22244459858     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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