Does prey capture induce area-restricted search? A fine-scale study using GPS in a marine predator, the wandering albatross

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 734-743

  Weimerskirch, Henri ^a   Pinaud, David ^a   Pawlowski, Frédéric ^a   Bost, Charles André ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Area restricted search; First passage time; Foraging; Sinuosity

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; PREDATOR; PREY CAPTURE; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; INDIAN OCEAN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

EID: 35348837174     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522059     Document Type: Article

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