Comparative analysis of methods for inferring successful foraging areas from Argos and GPS tracking data

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 452, Issue , 2012, Pages 253-267

  Dragon, Anne Cécile ^a,b,c   Bar Hen, Avner ^b   Monestiez, Pascal ^d   Guinet, Christophe ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Area restricted search; Drift dive; First bottom time; Mirounga leonine; Movement analysis; State space modelling

Indexed keywords

ARGO; BODY CONDITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; MARKOV CHAIN; MOVEMENT; PINNIPED; RADIOTELEMETRY; TRACKING; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; MIROUNGA;

EID: 84860228673     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09618     Document Type: Review

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