Early diving behaviour in juvenile penguins: improvement or selection processes

• Published in: Biology Letters
• Main Authors: Orgeret, Florian, Weimerskirch, Henri, Bost, Charles-André
• Other Authors: European Community's Seven Framework
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2016
• Subjects: Old King; Crozet Islands; King Penguins
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0490; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0490; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0490

The early life stage of long-lived species is critical to the viability of population, but is poorly understood. Longitudinal studies are needed to test whether juveniles are less efficient foragers than adults as has been hypothesized. We measured changes in the diving behaviour of 17 one-year-old...