Penguin head movement detected using small accelerometers: A proxy of prey encounter rate

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 3760-3767

  Kokubun, Nobuo ^a   Kim, Jeong Hoon ^b   Shin, Hyoung Chul ^b   Naito, Yasuhiko ^a   Takahashi, Akinori ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Antarctic krill; Chinstrap penguin; Foraging effort; Gentoo penguin; Patch

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAD MOVEMENT; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEAD MOVEMENTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPHENISCIDAE;

AVES; EUPHAUSIACEA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 80054995059     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.058263     Document Type: Article

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