Feeding biology and energetics of King Aptenodytes patagonicus and Gentoo Pygoscelis papua Penguins at sub-Antarctic Marion Island
Includes bibliographies. Adaptations of penguins for pursuit diving have resulted in reduced foraging ranges, compared to volant seabirds. However, their classification as inshore, offshore or pelagic foragers, based on rates of food provisioning to chicks, still has merit as a framework around whic...
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ftunivcapetownir:oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8426 2024-09-15T17:45:45+00:00 Feeding biology and energetics of King Aptenodytes patagonicus and Gentoo Pygoscelis papua Penguins at sub-Antarctic Marion Island Adams, Nigel John Siegfried, Roy 1990 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8426 eng eng Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8426 Zoology Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD 1990 ftunivcapetownir 2024-06-25T03:41:49Z Includes bibliographies. Adaptations of penguins for pursuit diving have resulted in reduced foraging ranges, compared to volant seabirds. However, their classification as inshore, offshore or pelagic foragers, based on rates of food provisioning to chicks, still has merit as a framework around which aspects of their feeding biology and allocation of energy within individual energy budgets may be discussed. The average rates at which seabird species supply food to chicks may influence many aspects of their biology. I defined some of the foraging parameters of the pelagic feeding King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus and the inshore feeding Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua at sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Antarc* Antarctic Gentoo penguin Marion Island Pygoscelis papua University of Cape Town: OpenUCT |
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Includes bibliographies. Adaptations of penguins for pursuit diving have resulted in reduced foraging ranges, compared to volant seabirds. However, their classification as inshore, offshore or pelagic foragers, based on rates of food provisioning to chicks, still has merit as a framework around which aspects of their feeding biology and allocation of energy within individual energy budgets may be discussed. The average rates at which seabird species supply food to chicks may influence many aspects of their biology. I defined some of the foraging parameters of the pelagic feeding King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus and the inshore feeding Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua at sub-Antarctic Marion Island. |
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Feeding biology and energetics of King Aptenodytes patagonicus and Gentoo Pygoscelis papua Penguins at sub-Antarctic Marion Island |
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Feeding biology and energetics of King Aptenodytes patagonicus and Gentoo Pygoscelis papua Penguins at sub-Antarctic Marion Island |
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Feeding biology and energetics of King Aptenodytes patagonicus and Gentoo Pygoscelis papua Penguins at sub-Antarctic Marion Island |
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Feeding biology and energetics of King Aptenodytes patagonicus and Gentoo Pygoscelis papua Penguins at sub-Antarctic Marion Island |
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Feeding biology and energetics of King Aptenodytes patagonicus and Gentoo Pygoscelis papua Penguins at sub-Antarctic Marion Island |
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feeding biology and energetics of king aptenodytes patagonicus and gentoo pygoscelis papua penguins at sub-antarctic marion island |
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Department of Biological Sciences |
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1990 |
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Antarc* Antarctic Gentoo penguin Marion Island Pygoscelis papua |
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Antarc* Antarctic Gentoo penguin Marion Island Pygoscelis papua |
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