Energetic costs of diving and prey-capture capabilities in cormorants and shags (Phalacrocoracidae) underline their unique adaptation to the aquatic environment

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 148, Issue SUPLL. 2, 2007, Pages

  Enstipp, Manfred R ^a   Jones, David R ^b   Lorentsen, Svein Håkon ^c   Grémillet, David ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cormorants; Diving energetics; Foraging behaviour; Prey density; Prey capture performance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DIVING BEHAVIOR; MODELING; PREY CAPTURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WADER;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

AVES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 36949020003     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0203-8     Document Type: Article

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