Size-class partitioning and herding in a foraging group of green turtles Chelonia mydas

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-116

  Bresette, Michael J ^a   Witherington, Blair E ^b   Herren, Richard M ^a   Bagley, Dean A ^a   Gorham, Jonathan C ^a   Traxler, Steve L ^a   Crady, Carrie K ^a   Hardy, Robert ^c  

^a Inwater Research Group Inc   (United States)

^b Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute FWC   (United States)

^c FWC   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging ground; Green turtle; Partitioning

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; PREDATION RISK; SPATIAL DATA; TURTLE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77952305699     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00245     Document Type: Article

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