Shift in foraging grounds and diet broadening during ontogeny in southern elephant seals from Kerguelen Islands

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 977-986

  Chaigne, Adrien ^a   Authier, Matthieu ^a   Richard, Pierre ^b   Cherel, Yves ^a   Guinet, Christophe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIMORPHISM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NICHE PARTITIONING; ONTOGENY; PINNIPED; STABLE ISOTOPE;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 84875375664     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2149-5     Document Type: Article

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