Plasticity in foraging strategies of inshore birds: How little penguins maintain body reserves while feeding offspring

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1909-1916

  Saraux, Claire ^a,b,c   Robinson Laverick, Sarah M ^d   Maho, Yvon Le ^a,b   Ropert Coudert, Yan ^a,b   Chiaradia, André ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^e Research Department   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bimodal trips; Body condition; Chick rearing; Eudyptula minor; Foraging strategies; Little Penguin; Parental investment; Phillip Island; Trip duration; Victoria

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BREEDING SITE; DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NESTING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REPRODUCTION; SPHENISCIDAE; TIME FACTORS;

AUSTRALIA; PHILLIP ISLAND; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ANIMALIA; AVES; EUDYPTULA MINOR; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 80053590228     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0407.1     Document Type: Article

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