Investigating foraging utilization distribution of female New Zealand sea lions, Auckland Islands

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 565-574

  Chilvers, B Louise ^a   Amey, Jacinda M ^b   Huckstadt, Luis A ^c   Costa, Dan P ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b University of California Santa Cruz ^*  (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging habitat; Marine protection; Phocarctos hookeri; Satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; LACTATION; MARINE PARK; NICHE PARTITIONING; PINNIPED; RADIOTELEMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; TRACKING;

AUCKLAND ISLANDS; DUNDAS ISLAND; ENDERBY ISLAND;

MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 79952676697     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0915-8     Document Type: Article

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