Searching for prey in a three-dimensional environment: hierarchical movements enhance foraging success in northern elephant seals

• Published in: Functional Ecology
• Main Authors: Adachi, Taiki, Costa, Daniel P., Robinson, Patrick W., Peterson, Sarah H., Yamamichi, Masato, Naito, Yasuhiko, Takahashi, Akinori
• Other Authors: Goldbogen, Jeremy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2017
• Subjects: Area-Restricted Search; 1St-Passage Time Analysis; Wandering Albatrosses; Marine Predator; Behavior; Habitat; Efficiency; Seabirds; Patterns; Scales; Levy; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:fa43a72

1. Foraging theory predicts that predators adjust their movements according to the spatial distribution of prey. Since prey is often patchily distributed, area-restricted search (ARS) behaviour, characterized by sinuous search paths of predators with increased turning frequency, should be effective...