Integrative modelling of animal movement: Incorporating in situ habitat and behavioural information for a migratory marine predator

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1750, 2013, Pages

  Bestley, Sophie ^a,b,d   Jonsen, Ian D ^a   Hindell, Mark A ^b   Guinet, Christophe ^c   Charrassin, Jean Benoît ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Animal telemetry; Foraging behaviour; Individual movement; Oceanographic drivers of movement; Spatial ecology; State space model

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATION ROUTE; MOVEMENT; PINNIPED; PREDATOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84869806069     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2262     Document Type: Article

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