Scale-dependent habitat use in a long-ranging central place predator

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 852-863

  Pinaud, David ^a   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Area restricted search; Compositional analysis; First passage time; Satellite telemetry; Yellow nosed albatross

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MOVEMENT; PREDATOR; SATELLITE DATA; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGULHAS CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; THALASSARCHE CHLORORHYNCHOS;

EID: 33645399077     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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