Assessing the validity of the accelerometry technique for estimating the energy expenditure of diving double-crested cormorants phalacrocorax auritus

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-237

  Halsey, L G ^a   White, C R ^b,c   Enstipp, M R ^d,e   Wilson, R P ^f   Butler, P J ^b   Martin, G R ^b   Gremillet D ^e   Jones, D R ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AMPHIBIAN; BIRD; DIVING; MAMMAL; OXYGEN; SEABIRD;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; BIRD; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHYSICAL EXERTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 79952161334     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658636     Document Type: Review

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