Effects of maternal traits and individual behavior on the foraging strategies and provisioning rates of an income breeder, the Antarctic fur seal

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 394, Issue , 2009, Pages 277-288

  McDonald, Birgitte I ^a   Goebel, Michael E ^b   Crocker, Daniel E ^c   Tremblay, Yann ^a   Costa, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic fur seal; Diving behavior; Energy allocation; Individual effects; Pinniped

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PINNIPED; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

ANTARCTICA; CAPE SHIRREFF; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 71849103379     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08308     Document Type: Article

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