Linear tracks and restricted temperature ranges characterise penguin foraging pathways

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 370, Issue , 2008, Pages 285-294

  Trathan, P N ^a   Bishop, C ^b   Maclean, G ^c   Brown, P ^c   Fleming, A ^a   Collins, M A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NAVSYS Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Polar Front; Archival GPS; Diving predators; Environmental cues; Foraging; GPS telemetry; King penguin; South Georgia

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; POLAR FRONT; SEABIRD; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACKING;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 56749101718     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07638     Document Type: Article

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