Effects of age and body mass on development of diving capabilities of gray seal pups: Costs and benefits of the postweaning fast

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 911-923

  Bennett, K A ^a,b   McConnell, B J ^b   Moss, Simon E W ^b   Speakman, J R ^c   Pomeroy, P P ^b   Fedak, M A ^b  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BREEDING POPULATION; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MATURATION; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SATELLITE DATA; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; SEALS, EARLESS; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

HALICHOERUS;

EID: 78649563160     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656925     Document Type: Article

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