Temporal scales of foraging in a marine predator

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 426-434

  Boyd, I L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging; Marine; Pinniped; Predator; Scale

Indexed keywords

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EUPHAUSIACEA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

ANTARCTIC FUR SEAL; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; KRILL; PREY DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030390356     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265619     Document Type: Article

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