Behavioral Ecology of Polar Birds
A special issue of Birds (ISSN 2673-6004).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 557
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Birds are well adapted to polar environments. For instance, Emperor penguins breed even in cold conditions during the Antarctic winter. During the molt, Antarctic penguins tolerate the fasting period during the molt for producing new feathers. Additionally, Arctic geese molt on the sea ice avoiding the predators. Hence, polar species are showing such novel adaptations in the extreme environments.
This Special Issue includes behavioral ecology, focusing on their foraging behavior, cold adaptation processes, and the newly developed methodologies to monitor the birds. Additionally, we welcome microbial studies related to host animal behavior.
Dr. Won Young Lee
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- foraging strategies
- adaptation to extreme environments
- monitoring methodologies
- microbiota related to host animal behavior
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