THE USE OF STOMACH TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE CALCULATION OF DAILY FOOD-INTAKE IN CORMORANTS

Authors
GREMILLET DJH PLOS AL
Citation
Djh. Gremillet et Al. Plos, THE USE OF STOMACH TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE CALCULATION OF DAILY FOOD-INTAKE IN CORMORANTS, Journal of Experimental Biology, 189, 1994, pp. 105-115
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Journal of Experimental Biology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00220949
Volume
189
Year of publication
1994
Pages
105 - 115
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-0949(1994)189:<105:TUOSTR>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We present a new method of measuring the food intake in cormorants bas ed on stomach temperature recordings. Stomach temperature loggers were deployed both in captive and in free-living birds. We examine the acc uracy of this method and compare it with the standard methods of evalu ating food intake by pellet or stomach content analysis.