Regional variation in trophic ecology of adult female Australian sea lions inferred from stable isotopes in whiskers

Wildlife Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 303-311

  Lowther, A D ^a   Harcourt, R G ^b   Goldsworthy, S D ^c  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

diet; foraging; oceanography features; trophic complexity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREEDING; CONSPECIFIC; DATA ACQUISITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LATITUDE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; REGIONAL PATTERN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84879774579     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR12181     Document Type: Article

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