The Behavior of Penguins: Adapted to Ice and Tropics

318 Pages·1984·6.27 MB·English

by  Dietland Muller-Schwarze

The Behavior of Penguins : Adapted to Ice
title: and Tropics SUNY Series in Animal
Behavior
author: Müller-Schwarze, Dietland.
publisher: State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin: 0873958675
print isbn13: 9780873958677
ebook isbn13: 9780585061214
language: English
subject Penguins--Behavior.
publication date: 1984
lcc: QL696.S473M82 1984eb
ddc: 598.4/41
subject: Penguins--Behavior.
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The Behavior of Penguins
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SUNY Series in Animal Behavior
Jerram L. Brown, Editor
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The Behavior of Penguins
Adapted to Ice and Tropics
Dietland Müller-Schwarze
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS
Albany
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Published by
State University of New York Press, Albany
© 1984 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner
whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief
quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York
Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Müller-Schwarze, Dietland.
The behavior of penguins.
(SUNY series in animal behavior)
Bibliography: p.
1. PenguinsBehavior. I. Title. II. Series.
QL696.S473M82 1984 598.4' 4183-18020
ISBN 0-87395-866-7
ISBN 0-87395-867-5 (pbk.)
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CONTENTS
List of Maps viii
Preface ix
Part 1 Penguins in General
1 3
History
2 5
Penguins in General
Form 5
Locomotion 6
The Penguin Species 6
Penguins by Groups 7
3 11
Zoographic Regions and their Characteristic Penguins
Antarctic Penguins 16
Continental Antarctic Penguins 16
Maritime Antarctic Penguins 16
Subantarctic Penguins 16
Temperate Zone and Tropical Penguins 16
4 17
Penguins as Social Birds
5 19
Penguins as Diving Birds
6 23
The Phylogeny of Penguins
7 25
The Role of Penguins in their Ecosystem
8 27
Penguins are Special Birds
Anatomical Adaptations to the Polar Climate 28
Behavioral Adaptations to the Polar Climate 28
9 31
Man and Penguins
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Part II The Penguin Species
1 43
The Adelie Penguin
Physical Features 43
Seasonal Migrations 44
Orientation 44
Breeding Biology 45
Arrival 45
Nest Building 47
Courtship 49
Pair Bond 51
Breeding Behavior 51
Raising the Young 53
Mortality 59
Fighting and Threatening: Agonistic Behavior 59
Activity Rhythms 63
Predators and Predation 65
The Leopard Seal as Predator 67
Birds as Predators 77
Anti-Predator Behavior 84
Diet and Foraging 88
Thermoregulation 90
Molt 91
2 95
The Chinstrap Penguin
Physical Features 95
Breeding Biology 97
3 109
The Gentoo Penguin
Physical Features 109
Breeding Biology 111
4 119
The Emperor Penguin
Physical Features 119
History of Discovery 119
Breeding Biology 121
5 127
The King Penguin
Physical Features 127
Breeding Biology 127
6 135
The Crested Penguins
Rockhopper Penguin 135
Macaroni Penguin 138
Royal Penguin 138
Fjordland Crested Penguin 142
Snares Island Penguin 146