From the eye of the albatrosses: A bird-borne camera shows an association between albatrosses and a killer whale in the Southern Ocean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Sakamoto, Kentaro Q ^a   Takahashi, Akinori ^b   Iwata, Takashi ^b   Trathan, Philip N ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBATROSS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CAMERA; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; KILLER WHALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; PREY SELECTION; SEA; SEABIRD; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; BIRD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEIDAE; ORCINUS ORCA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WHALE, KILLER;

EID: 70350223448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007322     Document Type: Article

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