Sexual segregation in rockhopper penguins during incubation

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 255-267

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

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological niche model; Energetic requirement; Eudyptes chrysocome; Falkland Islands Islas Malvinas; GPS logger; MaxEnt; Sex specific behaviour; Southern rockhopper penguin; Spatial segregation; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIOENERGETICS; BREEDING SEASON; COASTAL WATER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FASTING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; INCUBATION; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; NICHE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

ANIMALIA; AVES; EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84872347280     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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