Foraging fidelity as a recipe for a long life: Foraging strategy and longevity in male southern elephant seals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Authier, Matthieu ^a,b   Bentaleb, Ilham ^a   Ponchon, Aurore ^a   Martin, Céline ^a   Guinet, Christophe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCASS; DENTIN; ELEPHANT SEAL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MARINE SPECIES; MIROUNGA LEONINA; NONHUMAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; ONTOGENY; PREDATOR; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SEAL; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIFE; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEA;

ANIMALIA; MIROUNGA LEONINA;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DENTIN; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIFE; LONGEVITY; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEALS, EARLESS;

EID: 84859565521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032026     Document Type: Article

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