Regulation of trip duration by an inshore forager, the little penguin (Eudyptula minor), during incubation

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 588-593

  Kato, Akiko ^a   Ropert Coudert, Yan ^a,b   Chiaradia, Andre ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^c Phillip Island Nature Park   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body condition; Eudyptula minor; Little Penguin; Prey encounter rate; Trip duration

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INCUBATION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

AVES; EUDYPTULA MINOR; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 58149478840     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.06273     Document Type: Article

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