In situ measures of foraging success and prey encounter reveal marine habitat-dependent search strategies

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1258-1270

  Thums, Michele ^a,d   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^b,c   Hindell, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Area restricted search; Australia; First passage time; Foraging success; Macquarie Island; Mirounga leonina; Movement patterns; Predictability; Profitability; Southern elephant seal

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; MOVEMENT; PINNIPED; SITE FIDELITY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PHOCA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEALS, EARLESS; SWIMMING;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MACQUARIE ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 79959885153     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1299.1     Document Type: Article

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