Time to eat: Measurements of feeding behaviour in a large marine predator, the northern elephant seal Mirounga angustirostris

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 513-523

  Kuhn, Carey E ^a,c   Crocker, Daniel E ^b   Tremblay, Yann ^c   Costa, Daniel P ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dive behaviour; Feeding success; Foraging indicators; Transit rate

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PINNIPED; PREDATOR; PREY CAPTURE; PREY LOCATION; TELEMETRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPACE FLIGHT;

ANIMALS; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; SEALS, EARLESS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACECRAFT;

ANIMALIA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS;

EID: 63849260744     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01509.x     Document Type: Article

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