The influence of diet on foraging habitat models: A case study using nursing Antarctic fur seals

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 748-759

  Casper, Ruth M ^a,b   Sumner, Michael D ^a   Hindell, Mark A ^a   Gales, Nicholas J ^b   Staniland, Iain J ^c   Goldsworthy, Simon D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DIET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PINNIPED; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECIALIZATION;

HEARD ISLAND; HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA;

EID: 77956411757     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06155.x     Document Type: Article

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