Differences in foraging strategy and maternal behaviour between two sympatric fur seal species at the Crozet Islands

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 293, Issue , 2005, Pages 273-282

  Bailleul, Frédéric ^a   Luque, Sebastian ^a,b   Dubroca, Laurent ^a   Arnould, John P Y ^c   Guinet, Christophe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Arctocephalus gazella; Arctocephalus tropicalis; Environmental features; Otariidea; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MATERNAL CARE; PINNIPED;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 21244506787     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps293273     Document Type: Article

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