Estimation and simulation of foraging trips in land-based marine predators

• Published in: Ecology
• Main Authors: Michelot, T, Langrock, R, Bestley, S, Jonsen, ID, Photopoulou, T, Patterson, TA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ecological Soc Amer 2017
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Behavioural Ecology; Southern Ocean; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Elephant Seals; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1880; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28470722; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/120050

The behavior of colony-based marine predators is the focus of much research globally. Large telemetry and tracking data sets have been collected for this group of animals, and are accompanied by many empirical studies that seek to segment tracks in some useful way, as well as theoretical studies of...