Evaluating the prudence of parents: Daily energy expenditure throughout the annual cycle of a free-ranging bird, the macaroni penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 529-538

  Green, Jonathan A ^a,b,c   Boyd, Ian L ^d   Woakes, Anthony J ^b   Warren, Nicholas L ^e   Butler, Patrick J ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FITNESS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; MOLT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEABIRD;

AVES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOLOPHUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 70349500227     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04639.x     Document Type: Article

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