Scale-dependent hierarchical adjustments of movement patterns in a long-range foraging seabird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1520, 2003, Pages 1143-1148

  Fritz, Hervé ^a   Said, Sonia ^a   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Albatross; Foraging paths; Fractals; Indian Ocean; Search behaviour

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORAGING; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP; SEA; SEABIRD; WEATHER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

EID: 0037526114     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2350     Document Type: Article

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