Movements and foraging areas of naïve, recently weaned southern elephant seal pups

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-78

  McConnell, Bernie ^a   Fedak, Mike ^a   Burton, Harry R ^b   Engelhard, G H ^c   Reijnders, Peter J H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Argos telemetry; Foraging strategy; Maternal investment; Migration; Navigation; Reporductive strategies

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MIGRATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PINNIPED; RADIOTELEMETRY; WEANING;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0036197901     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-8790.2001.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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