Movement, site fidelity and connectivity in a top marine predator, the killer whale

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 803-814

  Foote, Andrew D ^a   Similä, Tiu ^b   Víkingsson, Gísli A ^c   Stevick, Peter T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Marine Research Institute Program for Whale Research ^*  (Norway)

^c MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iceland)

^d HEBRIDEAN WHALE AND DOLPHIN TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Orcinus orca; Population structure; Spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONNECTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARKING METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; NICHE; PHOTOGRAPH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SITE FIDELITY; SPAWNING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); ICELAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 77953870738     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-009-9337-x     Document Type: Article

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