A new method to quantify prey acquisition in diving seabirds using wing stroke frequency

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-65

  Sato, Katsufumi ^a   Daunt, Francis ^b   Watanuki, Yutaka ^c   Takahashi, Akinori ^d   Wanless, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Data logger; Flight; Foraging; Phalacrocorax aristotelis; Seabird

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; DIVING; FLYING; FORELIMB; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; DIVING; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; ORGAN SIZE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS;

EID: 38949129751     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.009811     Document Type: Article

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