O’ mother where wert thou? Maternal strategies in the southern elephant seal: A stable isotope investigation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1738, 2012, Pages 2681-2690

  Authier, Matthieu ^a   Dragon, Anne Cécile ^a,b   Richard, Pierre ^c   Cherel, Yves ^a   Guinet, Christophe ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Maternal effects; Mirounga leonina; Mixture modelling; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

MIROUNGA LEONINA;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; SUCKLING; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEALS, EARLESS; WEANING;

EID: 84987757897     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0199     Document Type: Article

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