Long-term species, sexual and individual variations in foraging strategies of fur seals revealed by stable isotopes in whiskers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Kernaléguen, Laëtitia ^a   Cazelles, Bernard ^a,d   Arnould, John P Y ^b   Richard, Pierre ^c   Guinet, Christophe ^a   Cherel, Yves ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FEMALE; FORAGING; GROWTH RATE; LACTATION; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERIODICITY; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIBRISSA; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; EUPHAUSIACEA; MYCTOPHIDAE;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUR SEALS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LACTATION; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PERIODICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VIBRISSAE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858247486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032916     Document Type: Article

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