Point of no return in diving emperor penguins: Is the timing of the decision to return limited by the number of strokes?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-140

  Shiomi, Kozue ^a,b   Sato, Katsufumi ^a   Ponganis, Paul J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Aptenodytes forsteri; Dive path

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIVING; PENGUIN; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; DIVING; SPHENISCIDAE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; APTENODYTES FORSTERI; AVES;

EID: 84855373798     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.064568     Document Type: Article

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