Construction of energy landscapes can clarify the movement and distribution of foraging animals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1730, 2012, Pages 975-980

  Wilson, Rory P ^a   Quintana, Flavio ^b,c   Hobson, Victoria J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Area use; Energy landscape; Foraging efficiency; Metabolic power; Movement ecology

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; BIOENERGETICS; BREEDING POPULATION; COGNITION; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEABIRD; SPACE USE; TAGGING; WATER DEPTH; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX ATRICEPS;

EID: 84863418639     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1544     Document Type: Article

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