Energetic constraints may limit the capacity of visually guided predators to respond to Arctic warming

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-126

  White, C R ^a,b   Green, J A ^c   Martin, G R ^a   Butler, P J ^a   Gremillet D ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change; Diving; Great cormorant; Illumination; Phalacrocorax carbo; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIRD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA PROCESSING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 84872450837     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2012.00968.x     Document Type: Article

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