Population structure of adult female Australian sea lions is driven by fine-scale foraging site fidelity

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 691-701

  Lowther, A D ^a,b   Harcourt, R G ^c   Goldsworthy, S D ^b   Stow, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian sea lion; Foraging behaviour; Mitochondrial DNA; Neophoca cinerea; Otariid; Population structure; Stable isotope; Stepping stone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CHRONOLOGY; ECOTYPE; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PINNIPED; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SITE FIDELITY; SPECIALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALIA;

NEOPHOCA CINEREA; OTARIIDAE;

EID: 84857037347     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.015     Document Type: Article

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