Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of activity budgets in sympatric grey and harbour seals

Oikos

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1462-1472

  Russell, Deborah J F ^a   Mcclintock, Brett T ^b   Matthiopoulos, Jason ^c   Thompson, Paul M ^d   Thompson, Dave ^a   Hammond, Phil S ^a   Jones, Esther L ^a   Mackenzie, Monique L ^a   Moss, Simon ^a   Mcconnell, Bernie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGE DETERMINATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOTELEMETRY; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; MOVEMENT; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYMPATRY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 84945473085     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.01810     Document Type: Article

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