Lunar cycles in diel prey migrations exert a stronger effect on the diving of juveniles than adult Galapagos fur seals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1424, 1999, Pages 1127-1132

  Horning, Markus ^a,b   Trillmich, Fritz ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diving; Foraging efficiency; Juvenile development; Life history; Ontogenetic constraints

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DIVING BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY; LUNAR CYCLE; ONTOGENY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FOOD; MALE; MIGRATION; MOON; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEAL; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS GALAPAGOENSIS; CARNIVORA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0033532736     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0753     Document Type: Article

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