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: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Université de La Rochelle (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2016
• Subjects: tracking; bio-logging; juveniles; ontogeny; diving behaviour; penguins; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Old King; Crozet Islands; King Penguins
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01503429; https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0490

International audience 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 behavi...