Huddling behavior in emperor penguins: Dynamics of huddling

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 479-488

  Gilbert, Caroline ^a   Robertson, Graham ^b   Le Maho, Yvon ^a   Naito, Yasuhiko ^c   Ancel, André ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Emperor penguins; Energy savings; Social thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTARCTICA; APTENODYTES FORSTERI; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREEDING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION; WINTER;

EID: 33746366477     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.04.024     Document Type: Article

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