Coupling GPS tracking with dive behavior to examine the relationship between foraging strategy and fine-scale movements of northern fur seals

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-139

  Kuhn, Carey E ^a   Tremblay, Yann ^b   Ream, Rolf R ^a   Gelatt, Thomas S ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Institut pour la Recherche et le Développement   (France)

Author keywords

Area restricted search; Callorhinus ursinus; Fractal landscape analysis

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIVING BEHAVIOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GPS; HABITAT USE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOCOMOTION; MONITORING SYSTEM; PARAMETERIZATION; PINNIPED; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; TRACKING;

ALASKA; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; SAINT PAUL ISLAND [PRIBILOF ISLANDS]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS;

EID: 77956416901     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00297     Document Type: Article

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