Inter-population differences in diving behaviour of adult male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)

• Main Authors: James, B.S. (Bridget), McIntyre, Trevor, Tosh, Cheryl A., Bornemann, Horst, Plotz, Joachim, Bester, Marthan Nieuwoudt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2012
• Subjects: Mirounga leonina; Dive behaviour; Adult males; Inter-population variation; Mixed-effects modelling; King George Island; Southern elephant seals (SES); Animal locomotion; Marion Island; Antarctic; Argentino; 25 de Mayo; isla 25 de Mayo; Alfred Wegener Institute; Antarc*; antartic*; Elephant Seals; Isla 25 de Mayo; Polar Biology; South African National Antarctic Programme; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/20612; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300.012-1214-3

Access to different environments may lead to inter-population behavioural changes within a species that allow populations to exploit their immediate environments. Elephant seals from Marion Island (MI) and King George Island (KGI) (Isla 25 de Mayo) forage in different oceanic environments and eviden...