Active territory defence at a low energy cost in a colonial seabird

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-76

  Viera, Vanessa M ^a,b,c   Viblanc, Vincent A ^a,b   Filippi Codaccioni, Ondine ^a,b   Côté, Steeve D ^c   Groscolas, René ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Aggressive behaviour; Aptenodytes patagonicus; Breeding; Daily energy expenditure; King penguin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ENERGY BUDGET; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEABIRD; TERRITORY;

APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 79958851218     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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