What a jerk: Prey engulfment revealed by high-]rate, super-]cranial accelerometry on a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2239-2243

  Ydesen, Kristina S ^a   Wisniewska, Danuta M ^a   Hansen, Janni D ^b   Beedholm, Kristian ^a   Johnson, Mark ^c   Madsen, Peter T ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Fjord and Blt   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Feeding; Foraging; Harbour seal; Jerk; Pinniped; Tag

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA VITULINA; PINNIPEDIA;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETRY; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SKULL;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETRY; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHOCA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SKULL;

EID: 84911492420     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.100016     Document Type: Article

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