Patterns of energy acquisition by a central place forager: Benefits of alternating short and long foraging trips

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 824-830

  Ropert Coudert, Yan ^a   Wilson, Rory P ^b   Daunt, Francis ^c   Kato, Akiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastric emptying; Provisioning; Seabirds; Self feeding; Spheniscidae

Indexed keywords

ENERGY USE; FEEDING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PYGOSCELIS; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 4344578522     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh086     Document Type: Article

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