Habitat selection and niche characteristics of rorqual whales in the northern Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada)

• Main Author: Doniol-Valcroze, Thomas
• Other Authors: Dominique Berteaux (Supervisor2), Murray Mitchell Humphries (Supervisor1)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: McGill University 2008
• Subjects: Biology - Ecology; Canada; Rorqual; Balaenoptera musculus; Blue whale; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=18774

Habitat selection influences the distribution patterns of animals and how they partition their ecological niches. However, studies of habitat selection seldom model temporal variability and focus primarily on terrestrial ecosystems where habitat patches change over comparatively long time scales. In...