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Foraging ecology of the African Penguin Spheniscus demersus in relation to ocean physical processes.
Includes abstract.
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Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology
2014
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| author | Van Eeden, Rowen Brandon |
| author2 | Pichegru, Lorien |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| publishDate | 2014 |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/4764 Foraging ecology of the African Penguin Spheniscus demersus in relation to ocean physical processes. Van Eeden, Rowen Brandon Pichegru, Lorien Ryan, Peter G Ornithology Includes abstract. This research demonstrated the dual utility of bio-loggers as a method for generating accurate, high-resolution oceanographic data. These data can be used in future studies, generating a cross disciplinary platform for research. The thesis augments our knowledge base of the African Penguins foraging ecology. African Penguins show flexibility in their foraging behaviour by adjusting their dive behaviour to subsurface thermal structures. Penguins also demonstrated foraging optimization by using temperature cues and behavioral switching to maximize the probability of locating prey patches on a fine temporal and spatial scale. 2014-07-31T07:57:34Z 2014-07-31T07:57:34Z 2012 Master Thesis Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4764 eng application/pdf Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Ornithology Van Eeden, Rowen Brandon Foraging ecology of the African Penguin Spheniscus demersus in relation to ocean physical processes. |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Foraging ecology of the African Penguin Spheniscus demersus in relation to ocean physical processes. |
| title_full | Foraging ecology of the African Penguin Spheniscus demersus in relation to ocean physical processes. |
| title_fullStr | Foraging ecology of the African Penguin Spheniscus demersus in relation to ocean physical processes. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Foraging ecology of the African Penguin Spheniscus demersus in relation to ocean physical processes. |
| title_short | Foraging ecology of the African Penguin Spheniscus demersus in relation to ocean physical processes. |
| title_sort | foraging ecology of the african penguin spheniscus demersus in relation to ocean physical processes |
| topic | Ornithology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4764 |
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