Exposing the grey seal as a major predator of harbour porpoises

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1798, 2014, Pages

  Leopold, Mardik F ^a   Begeman, Lineke ^b   van Bleijswijk, Judith D L ^c   IJsseldijk, Lonneke L ^b   Witte, Harry J ^c   Gröne, Andrea ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bite mark; Decision tree; DNA; Marine mammals; Mutilation; Predation

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; DNA; FISHING INDUSTRY; PINNIPED; PORPOISE; STRANDING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA;

ANIMALIA; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PHOCOENIDAE;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; PHOCIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PORPOISE; PREDATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; PHOCOENA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEALS, EARLESS;

EID: 84935883510     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2429     Document Type: Article

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