Functional and aggregative responses of harbour seals to changes in salmonid abundance

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1583, 2006, Pages 193-198

  Middlemas, Stuart J ^a,b   Barton, Tim R ^a   Armstrong, John D ^b   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Phoca vitulina; Predator prey relationships; Salmo spp.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; MODELING; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; PINNIPED; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PREDATION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONID; SEAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANIMAL; ATLANTIC SALMON; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

PHOCA VITULINA; PINNIPEDIA; SALMO; SALMONIDAE;

ANIMALS; PHOCA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SALMO SALAR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33645813794     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3215     Document Type: Article

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