Estimating resource acquisition and at-sea body condition of a marine predator

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1300-1315

  Schick, Robert S ^a,b   New, Leslie F ^b   Thomas, Len ^b   Costa, Daniel P ^c   Hindell, Mark A ^d   Mcmahon, Clive R ^e   Robinson, Patrick W ^c   Simmons, Samantha E ^f   Thums, Michele ^g   Harwood, John ^b   Clark, James S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f Marine Mammal Commission   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

A o Nuevo; Bayesian; Body condition; Elephant seals; Macquarie Island; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Resource acquisition; Satellite telemetry; State space model

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; LIPID; MARKOV CHAIN; MODEL; MOVEMENT; PINNIPED; PREDATOR; SATELLITE; TIME SERIES;

MACQUARIE ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; MIROUNGA LEONINA;

BAYESIAN;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; AÑO NUEVO; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; CALORIC INTAKE; ELEPHANT SEALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; MACQUARIE ISLAND; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RESOURCE ACQUISITION; SATELLITE TELEMETRY; STATE-SPACE MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AÑO NUEVO; BAYESIAN; BODY CONDITION; ELEPHANT SEALS; MACQUARIE ISLAND; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; RESOURCE ACQUISITION; SATELLITE TELEMETRY; STATE-SPACE MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BAYES THEOREM; BODY COMPOSITION; CALIFORNIA; ENERGY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEALS, EARLESS; TASMANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84886293977     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12102     Document Type: Article

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