When cormorants go fishing: The differing costs of hunting for sedentary and motile prey

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 574-576

  Halsey, Lewis G ^a   White, Craig R ^a   Enstipp, Manfred R ^b   Jones, David R ^c   Martin, Graham R ^a   Butler, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cormorant; Diving; Energetics; Foraging; Prey; Respirometry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 35548960939     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0121     Document Type: Article

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