Using a mandible accelerometer to study fine-scale foraging behavior of free-ranging Antarctic fur seals

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 345-357

  Iwata, Takashi ^a   Sakamoto, Kentaro Q ^b   Takahashi, Akinori ^a,c   Edwards, Ewan W J ^d   Staniland, Iain J ^d   Trathan, Philip N ^d   Naito, Yasuhiko ^c  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; PINNIPED;

ANTARCTICA;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA;

EID: 80055020844     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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