Reproductive success is energetically linked to foraging efficiency in Antarctic fur seals

• Main Authors: T Jeanniard-Du-dot, AW Trites, John Arnould, C Guinet
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Multidisciplinary Sciences; Science & Technology - Other Topics; ARCTOCEPHALUS-GAZELLA; PREY CONSUMPTION; PINNIPED DIETS; MATERNAL SIZE; GROWTH-RATE; PUP GROWTH; ENERGY; BEHAVIOR; TIME; VARIABILITY; 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences; 060205 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl Marine Ichthyology); School of Life and Environmental Sciences; MD Multidisciplinary; 3103 Ecology; 3109 Zoology; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Arctocephalus gazella
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30096896; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Reproductive_success_is_energetically_linked_to_foraging_efficiency_in_Antarctic_fur_seals/20851129

The efficiency with which individuals extract energy from their environment defines their survival and reproductive success, and thus their selective contribution to the population. Individuals that forage more efficiently (i.e., when energy gained exceeds energy expended) are likely to be more succ...