Effects of Maternal Traits and Individual Behavior on the Foraging Strategies and Provisioning Rates of an Income Breeder, the Antarctic Fur Seal

• Main Authors: McDonald, Birgitte I., Goebel, Michael E., Crocker, Daniel E., Tremblay, Yann, Costa, Daniel P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Marine Ecology Progress Series 2009
• Subjects: diving behavior; energy allocation; individual effects; pinniped; Antarctic fur seal; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Livingston Island; Shirreff; Cape Shirreff; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seal; Antarctic Fur Seals; Antarctica; Arctocephalus gazella
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/119014

Published by and copyright of Marine Ecology Progress Series. The definitive version of this article is available at: http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps2009/394/m394p277.pdf The ability of an animal to acquire energy will affect its allocation to offspring and will ultimately influence fitness. Th...