The sun, moon, wind, and biological imperative-shaping contrasting wintertime migration and foraging strategies of adult male and female northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Sterling, Jeremy T ^a   Springer, Alan M ^b   Iverson, Sara J ^c   Johnson, Shawn P ^d   Pelland, Noel A ^e   Johnson, Devin S ^a   Lea, Mary Anne ^f   Bond, Nicholas A ^g  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT; MALE; MOON; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATION RISK; SEAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; SUN; UNITED STATES; WIND; WINTER; ANIMAL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SEA; SEASON; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FUR SEALS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MOON; OCEANS AND SEAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 84899507128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093068     Document Type: Article

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