Foraging strategies of a top-marine predator during the breeding season : the Macaroni penguin from Crozet and Kerguelen Islands

• Main Author: Bon, Cécile
• Other Authors: La Rochelle, Bost, Charles-André
• Format: Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Écologie comportementale; Stratégies d’approvisionnement; Habitats; Cycle de reproduction; Manchots; Océan austral; Ecology; Foraging strategies; Oceanographic features; Breeding cycle; Penguins; Southern ocean; envir; geo; Austral; Austral Ocean; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; Southern Ocean; Crozet Islands; Îles Crozet; Macaroni penguin; Marion Island
• Online Access: http://www.theses.fr/2016LAROS004/document

The Austral Ocean still hosts a great population of marine predators (i.e. penguins, albatross, and seals). Despite well studied, the functional approach investigating the relationship between prey and predators in the marine ecosystem is still poorly known. Knowledge on habitat selection and use of...