Are stomach temperature recorders a useful tool for determining feeding activity?

Polar Bioscience

Volumn , Issue 20, 2006, Pages 63-72

  Ropert Coudert, Yan ^a   Kato, Akiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aptenodytes patagonicus; Feeding activity; King penguins; Seabirds; Stomach temperature recorders

Indexed keywords

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 34248676815     PISSN: 13446231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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