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Understanding the diet and trophic relationships of animals in space and time, and its implications for population abundance and distributions, is a central problem in ecology. In the marine environment, the dietary study of marine mammal and avian species is impeded by the lack of information on th...
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ftdatacite:10.25959/23226431.v1 2023-06-11T04:05:31+02:00 Quantifying the Trophic Linkages of Antarctic Marine Predators ... Walters, Andrea 2023 https://dx.doi.org/10.25959/23226431.v1 https://figshare.utas.edu.au/articles/thesis/Quantifying_the_Trophic_Linkages_of_Antarctic_Marine_Predators/23226431/1 unknown University Of Tasmania https://dx.doi.org/10.25959/23226431 In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Ecosystem function Conservation and biodiversity Wildlife and habitat management article-journal Text ScholarlyArticle Thesis 2023 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.25959/23226431.v110.25959/23226431 2023-06-01T12:10:42Z Understanding the diet and trophic relationships of animals in space and time, and its implications for population abundance and distributions, is a central problem in ecology. In the marine environment, the dietary study of marine mammal and avian species is impeded by the lack of information on their foraging strategies during the non-breeding period, when individuals migrate from common breeding areas to remote feeding grounds. Moreover, the spatial distribution of males, females and their offspring can differ considerably due to contrasting reproductive requirements and physiological constraints, respectively. Seasonal constraints therefore may influence the spatial distribution of abundant, migratory species, causing the food web structure, energy and nutrient flow within a given system to fluctuate accordingly. ... Thesis Antarc* Antarctic DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic |
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Understanding the diet and trophic relationships of animals in space and time, and its implications for population abundance and distributions, is a central problem in ecology. In the marine environment, the dietary study of marine mammal and avian species is impeded by the lack of information on their foraging strategies during the non-breeding period, when individuals migrate from common breeding areas to remote feeding grounds. Moreover, the spatial distribution of males, females and their offspring can differ considerably due to contrasting reproductive requirements and physiological constraints, respectively. Seasonal constraints therefore may influence the spatial distribution of abundant, migratory species, causing the food web structure, energy and nutrient flow within a given system to fluctuate accordingly. ... |
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