To what extent is the foraging behaviour of aquatic birds constrained by their physiology?

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 766-781

  Green, Jonathan A ^a   Halsey, Lewis G ^a   Butler, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; AYTHYA FULIGULA; DIVES (BIRD); SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 24744469645     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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