Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Sims, David W., Southall, Emily J., Humphries, Nicolas E., Hays, Graeme C., Bradshaw, Corey J. A., Pitchford, Jonathan W., James, Alex, Ahmed, Mohammed Z., Brierley, Andrew S., Hindell, Mark A., Morritt, David, Musyl, Michael K., Righton, David, Shepard, Emily L. C., Wearmouth, Victoria J., Wilson, Rory P., Witt, Matthew J., Metcalfe, Julian D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS; WANDERING ALBATROSSES; PATTERNS; ENVIRONMENT; ZOOPLANKTON; MOVEMENTS; SUCCESS; WALK; Levy; Elephant Seals; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/scaling-laws-of-marine-predator-search-behaviour(d859db95-0f1b-4004-80bc-d02c3820daeb).html; https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06518; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=39849092398&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Many free- ranging predators have to make foraging decisions with little, if any, knowledge of present resource distribution and availability(1). The optimal search strategy they should use to maximize encounter rates with prey in heterogeneous natural environments remains a largely unresolved issue...