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

Due to their restricted foraging range, flightless seabirds are ideal models to study the short-term variability in foraging success in response to environmentally driven food availability. Wind can be a driver of upwelling and food abundance in marine ecosystems such as the Southern Ocean, where wi...

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Main Authors: Nina Dehnhard, Katrin Ludynia, Maud Poisbleau, Laurent Demongin, Petra Quillfeldt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3827366?pdf=render