N-dimensional animal energetic niches clarify behavioural options in a variable marine environment

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 646-656

  Wilson, Rory P ^a   McMahon, Clive R ^a,b   Quintana, Flavio ^c   Frere, Esteban ^d   Scolaro, Alejandro ^c   Hays, Graeme C ^a   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^e,f  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Centro Patagonico   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^f Development Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural plasticity; Energetic niche; Energy expenditure; Magellanic penguin; Optimal strategy; Performance constraints; Power envelope; Spheniscus magellanicus; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ARGENTINA; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPHENISCIDAE; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS MAGELLANICUS;

EID: 79951472305     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.044859     Document Type: Article

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