Comparative foraging behaviour of sympatric Humboldt and Magellanic Penguins reveals species-specific and sex-specific strategies

Emu

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 145-153

  Rey, Andrea Raya ^a   Pütz, Klemens ^b   Simeone, Alejandro ^c   Hiriart Bertrand, Luciano ^c,f   Reyes Arriagada, Ronnie ^d,g   Riquelme, Victoria ^d   Lüthi, Benno ^e  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b Antarctic Research Trust   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e Antarctic Research Trust (Switzerland)   (Switzerland)

^f CENTER FOR MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; diving; segregation; spatial ecology; Spheniscidae

Indexed keywords

COLONY; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIGRATION; SEABIRD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SYMPATRY;

CHILE; CHILOE ISLAND; LOS LAGOS; PUNIHUIL ISLETS;

SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCUS HUMBOLDTI;

EID: 84878342511     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU12040     Document Type: Article

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