An energy-distance trade-off in a central-place forager, the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella)

Marine Biology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-241

  Staniland, I J ^a   Boyd, I L ^a,b   Reid, K ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LACTATION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PINNIPED; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA;

EID: 34547117585     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0698-9     Document Type: Article

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