Underwater wingbeats extend depth and duration of plunge dives in northern gannets morus bassanus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 380-387

  Ropert Coudert, Yan ^a   Daunt, Francis ^a,b   Kato, Akiko ^a   Ryan, Peter G ^a,c   Lewis, Sue ^a,b   Kobayashi, Kaori ^a,d   Mori, Yoshihisa ^a,e   Grémillet, David ^a,f   Wanless, Sarah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^e TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; WING;

AVES; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS BASSANUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 67749114820     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04592.x     Document Type: Article

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