A maximum likelihood approach for identifying dive bouts improves accuracy, precision and objectivity

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1315-1332

  Luque, Sebastián P ^a,b   Guinet, Christophe ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctic Fur seal; Diving behaviour; Foraging behaviour; Foraging patch; Pinniped

Indexed keywords

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 35748983806     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907782418213     Document Type: Article

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