Identification of imperial cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps behaviour using accelerometers

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-37

  Laich, Agustina Gómez ^a   Wilson, Rory P ^b   Quintana, Flavio ^a,c   Shepard, Emily L C ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration datalogger; Behaviour; Imperial cormorant; Phalacrocorax atriceps; Remote monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIRD; MONITORING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX ATRICEPS;

EID: 77952310100     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00091     Document Type: Article

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