Behavioral models as a common framework to predict impacts of environmental change on seabirds and fur seals

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 65-70, Issue , 2012, Pages 304-315

  Satterthwaite, William H ^a,b   Mangel, Marc ^b,c  

^a MRAG Americas   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climatic changes; Ecosystem based management; Foraging behavior; Models

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL MODEL; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATIC CHANGES; ECOSYSTEM-BASED MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD DELIVERY; FORAGING BEHAVIORS; FUR SEALS; GAME THEORETICAL MODELS; GAME-THEORETIC MODEL; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELS; LAY-OUT; MODELING APPROACH; PARAMETERIZED; POTENTIAL INTERFERENCES; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; STATE-DEPENDENT; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; WORKED EXAMPLES;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GAME THEORY; MODELS;

FORECASTING;

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SEASON; DIET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PARAMETERIZATION; PINNIPED; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; LARIDAE; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 84861577204     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2012.02.016     Document Type: Article

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