Ontogeny of foraging behaviour during the early life of deep diving predators

• Main Author: Orgeret, Florian
• Other Authors: Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé - UMR 7372 (CEBC), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de La Rochelle, Chistophe Guinet - co-directeur, Charles-André Bost - co-directeur
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: penguins; elephant seals; juveniles; first year at sea; learning; diving beahviour; orientation navigation; exploration; migration; mortality; apprentissage; première année en mer; éléphants de mers; manchots; orientation; comportement de plongées; navigation; mortalité; [SDE]Environmental Sciences; Manchots; Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://hal.science/tel-02408715; https://hal.science/tel-02408715/document; https://hal.science/tel-02408715/file/Orgeret_Florian.pdf

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