Female Weddell seals show flexible strategies of colony attendance related to varying environmental conditions

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 479-488

  Chambert, Thierry ^a,b,c   Rotella, Jay J ^a   Garrott, Robert A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Colony attendance; Leptonychotes weddellii; Life history; Mark recapture; Ross Sea, Antarctica; Sea ice extent; Seasonal migration; Temporary emigration; Unobservable state; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; PINNIPED; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEALS, EARLESS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEALS, EARLESS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84927939047     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0911.1     Document Type: Article

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