Recording the free-living behaviour of small-bodied, shallow-diving animals with data loggers

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 183-190

  Hays, Graeme C ^a   Forman, Dan W ^a   Harrington, Lauren A ^b   Harrington, Andrew L ^a   MacDonald, David W ^b   Righton, David ^c  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Otter; Seal; Semi aquatic; Small mammal

Indexed keywords

DEPTH DETERMINATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MUSTELID; TIMESCALE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DIVING; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINK; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DATA COLLECTION; DIVING; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MINK; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 33845891325     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01181.x     Document Type: Article

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