Influence of wing loading on the trade-off between pursuit-diving and flight in common guillemots and razorbills

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1018-1025

  Thaxter, C B ^a   Wanless, S ^b   Daunt, F ^b   Harris, M P ^b   Benvenuti, S ^c   Watanuki, Y ^d   Gremillet D ^e   Hamer, K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Alca torda; Data loggers; Diving behaviour; Life history; Optimal foraging; Uria aalge; Wildlife telemetry

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIVING; FLYING; FORELIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; DIVING; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING; WING;

ALCA; ALCA TORDA; ALCIDAE; AVES; PINGUINUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 77951471918     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.037390     Document Type: Article

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