Evaluating the Impact of Handling and Logger Attachment on Foraging Parameters and Physiology in Southern Rockhopper Penguins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Ludynia, Katrin ^a,b   Dehnhard, Nina ^a   Poisbleau, Maud ^a,c   Demongin, Laurent ^a,c   Masello, Juan F ^a,d   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIVING; ECOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM DATA LOGGER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; ONLINE MONITORING; PENGUIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHERN ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CORTICOSTERONE; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OCEANS AND SEAS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPHENISCIDAE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84869789991     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050429     Document Type: Article

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