Stomach temperature records reveal nursing behaviour and transition to solid food consumption in an unweaned mammal, the harbour seal pup (Phoca vitulina)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Sauvé, Caroline C ^a,b   Van De Walle, Joanie ^a,b   Hammill, Mike O ^b,c   Arnould, John P Y ^d   Beauplet, Gwénaël ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Québec Océan   (Canada)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ACCURACY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LACTATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAMMAL; MILK; NONHUMAN; PHOCA VITULINA; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STOMACH; SUCKLING ANIMAL; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MILK; PHOCA; SEAWATER; STOMACH; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84896293180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090329     Document Type: Article

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