Leg-attached data loggers do not modify the diving performances of a foot-propelled seabird

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 279, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 294-297

  Ropert Coudert, Y ^a   Kato, A ^a   Poulin, N ^a   Gremillet D ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bio logging; Data recorder; Diving; GLS; Impact; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; SEABIRD; SENSOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHALACROCORAX CARBO; PHALACROCORAX CARBO CARBO;

EID: 70350763866     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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