It costs to be clean and fit: energetics of comfort behavior in breeding-fasting penguins.
Birds may allocate a significant part of time to comfort behavior (e.g., preening, stretching, shaking, etc.) in order to eliminate parasites, maintain plumage integrity, and possibly reduce muscular ankylosis. Understanding the adaptive value of comfort behavior would benefit from knowledge on the...
Main Authors: | Vincent A Viblanc, Adeline Mathien, Claire Saraux, Vanessa M Viera, René Groscolas |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3139590?pdf=render |
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