Dive depth and plumage air in wettable birds: The extraordinary case of the imperial cormorant

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 334, Issue , 2007, Pages 299-310

  Quintana, Flavio ^a   Wilson, Rory P ^b   Yorio, Pablo ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argentina; Buoyancy; Cormorants; Diving behaviour; Insulation; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

AIR; BUOYANCY; DEPTH; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSULATION; PLUMAGE; SEABIRD;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX ATRICEPS;

EID: 34247537996     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps334299     Document Type: Article

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