Modeling the foraging habitat of humpback whales

• Main Author: Dalla Rosa, Luciano
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2010
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bransfield Strait; British Columbia; Canada; Dixon Entrance; Gerlache; Gerlache Strait; Hecate Strait; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; minke whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/23486

Knowing how species will respond to environmental variability and climate change requires understanding the factors that influence their distribution and movement patterns. I investigated the processes that drive individuals to concentrate in specific areas of their home range by modeling encounter...