Does foraging performance change with age in female little penguins (Eudyptula minor)?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Zimmer, Ilka ^a,b   Ropert Coudert, Yan ^a,b   Kato, Akiko ^a,b,c   Ancel, Andre ^a,b   Chiaradia, Andre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d Research Department   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AGING; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUPS BY AGE; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREY; ANIMAL; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

AVES; EUDYPTULA MINOR; SPHENISCIDAE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BREEDING; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 79551530140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016098     Document Type: Article

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