Measuring foraging activity in a deep-diving bird: Comparing wiggles, oesophageal temperatures and beak-opening angles as proxies of feeding

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 3874-3880

  Hanuise, Nicolas ^a,b   Bost, Charles André ^a   Huin, William ^a   Auber, Arnaud ^b   Halsey, Lewis G ^c   Handrich, Yves ^b  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diving; Foraging; Hall sensor; Ingestion; King penguin; Oesophageal temperature; Wiggle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEAK; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVING; ECOSYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REMOTE SENSING;

ANIMALS; BEAK; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIVING; ECOSYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SPHENISCIDAE;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 78649261455     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.044057     Document Type: Article

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