Diving characteristics of southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes c. chrysocome) in the southwest Atlantic

Marine Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-137

  Pütz, Klemens ^a,f   Rey, Andrea Raya ^b   Huin, Nic ^c   Schiavini, Adrian ^b,d   Pütz, Andrea ^a   Lüthi, Bernhard H ^e  

^a Antarctic Research Trust   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^b CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^c FALKLANDS CONSERVATION   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^e Antarctic Research Trust   (Switzerland)

^f NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INCUBATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); INDIAN OCEAN; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; STATEN ISLAND [NEW YORK]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DIVES; EUDYPTES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33646489290     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0179-y     Document Type: Article

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