Environmental conditions and life history constraints determine foraging range in breeding Adélie penguins

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 310, Issue , 2006, Pages 247-261

  Clarke, Judy ^a   Emmerson, Louise M ^a   Otahal, Petr ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body condition; Chick provisioning; Foraging range; Kernel analysis; Polynya; Pygoscelis adeliae; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BODY CONDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; MAMMAL; POLYNYA; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

ANTARCTICA; BECHERVAISE ISLAND; EAST ANTARCTICA;

AVES; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33646268404     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps310247     Document Type: Article

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