Images as proximity sensors: The incidence of conspecific foraging in Antarctic fur seals

Animal Biotelemetry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hooker, Sascha K ^a   Barychka, Tatsiana ^a,b   Jessopp, Mark J ^c   Staniland, Iain J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal attached camera; Arctocephalus gazella; Foraging; Groups; Pinniped; Sociality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018192858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20503385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40317-015-0083-2     Document Type: Article

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