Individual differences in searching behaviour and spatial foraging consistency in a central place marine predator

Oikos

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-40

  Patrick, Samantha C ^a,c   Bearhop, Stuart ^d   Grémillet, David ^e,f   Lescroël, Amélie ^e,g   Grecian, W James ^b   Bodey, Thomas W ^d   Hamer, Keith C ^h   Wakefield, Ewan ^h   Le Nuz, Mélanie ⁱ   Votier, Stephen C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Réserve Naturelle des Sept Iles Station   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLONY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PREDATOR; SPECIALIZATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COPEPODA; MORUS (BIRD); MORUS BASSANUS; SULIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84890799987     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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