State-dependent decisions during the fledging process of king penguin chicks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 829-838

  Corbel, Hélène ^a   Morlon, Francis ^a   Geiger, Sylvie ^a   Groscolas, René ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Aptenodytes patagonicus; body condition; colony departure; food provisioning; king penguin; locomotor activity; moult; parent offspring conflict

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BUOYANCY; DECISION MAKING; FLEDGING; FOOD PROVISIONING; JUVENILE; LOCOMOTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 70349164879     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.019     Document Type: Article

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