Ontogeny of movements and foraging ranges in the Australian sea lion

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 598-614

  Fowler, Shannon L ^a   Costa, Daniel P ^a   Arnould, John P Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian sea lion; Development; Foraging ecology; Home ranges; Learning; Neophoca cinerea; PTT; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FISHERY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; JUVENILE; MOVEMENT; ONTOGENY; PINNIPED; TELEMETRY; VULNERABILITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KANGAROO ISLAND; SEAL BAY CONSERVATION PARK; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

NEOPHOCA CINEREA; OTARIIDAE;

EID: 34250352777     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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