Energy beyond food: Foraging theory informs time spent in thermals by a large soaring bird

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Shepard, Emily L C ^a   Lambertucci, Sergio A ^b   Vallmitjana, Diego ^a,b   Wilson, Rory P ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE; VULTUR GRYPHUS; ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FALCONIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLYING; FOOD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; WIND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; VULTUR GRYPHUS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FALCONIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; FOOD; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; WIND;

EID: 80555129608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027375     Document Type: Article

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