Good days, bad days: Wind as a driver of foraging success in a flightless seabird, the southern rockhopper penguin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Dehnhard, Nina ^a   Ludynia, Katrin ^a,b   Poisbleau, Maud ^a,c   Demongin, Laurent ^a,c   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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HURRICANE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PREY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER UPWELLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN; WIND;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FALKLAND ISLANDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; SPHENISCIDAE; WIND;

EID: 84893383830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079487     Document Type: Article

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