Stomach temperature telemetry reveals temporal patterns of foraging success in a free-ranging marine mammal

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 408-420

  Austin, Deborah ^a,d   Bowen, W D ^b   McMillan, J I ^b   Boness, D J ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution of feeding; Grey seals; Meal frequency; Predators; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH; TELEMETRY; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEALS, EARLESS; SEX FACTORS; STOMACH; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645416338     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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