Habitat use and foraging
Circumpolar habitat use in the southern elephant seal : implications for foraging success and population trajectories
... of habitat use and foraging ecology of top pred- ators such as ...of habitat suitability for marine predators, and in many ways are analo- gous to the way that terrain or vegetation types ...
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Effects of variation in food resources on foraging habitat use by wintering Hooded Cranes (Grus monacha)
... on foraging habitat use The cranes show great flexibility in their habitat use patterns in space and over time, given that they are true generalists and can modify these patterns ...
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Following a foraging fish finder : Diel habitat use of Blainville's beaked whales revealed by echolocation
... and habitat use We have shown that Blainville’s beaked whales switch between meso and bentho-pelagic habitats with foraging decisions being made on a dive-by-dive ...bentho-pelagic foraging if ...
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Mesoscale fronts as foraging habitats: composite front mapping reveals oceanographic drivers of habitat use for a pelagic seabird
... Mesoscale fronts as foraging habitats: composite front mapping reveals oceanographic drivers of habitat use for a pelagic seabird1. Kylie L.[r] ...
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How Water Level and Irrigation Practices Affect Waterbird Community, Nesting, and Foraging Habitat Use on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation
... AND FORAGING HABITAT USE OF WHITE-FACED IBIS ON AND NEAR BLUE CREEK WETLAND, IDAHO Abstract Breeding bird populations can be limited by quality nesting habitat as well as food supply, which is ...
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Habitat Use and Foraging Ecology of Bats in North Dakota
... CHAPTER 4. CONCLUSIONS Summary The research presented here provides the first detailed picture of the bat communities inhabiting natural areas of North Dakota and can serve as a baseline for future comparisons in the ...
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Habitat Use and Foraging Ecology of a Batoid Community in Shark Bay, Western Australia
... While in a sandy beach system in South Africa, three species of elasmobranchs composed almost 83% of the biomass in a fish community of 24 species (Clark 1997). Given their density and biomass in some soft bottom ...
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Impact of urban factors and invasive species on white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) habitat use and foraging behavior in an urban forest park.
... 55 Once a trial was complete, all sunflower seeds sifted from the containers were carefully hand-sorted to remove any clumped sand or fecal material, and then carefully weighed to obtain the remaining mass. Although ...
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The Foods, Foraging Behavior and Habitat Use of North Island Kokako in Puketi State Forest, Northland
... Fruit use was high in summer and autumn at both localities, but in winter was higher at ...fruit use by kokako reflected fruit availability (Hay, ...
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The Mixed Source Chinook Salmon Fishery in Lake Huron: A Comparison of Spawning and Foraging Habitat Use by Naturalized and Hatchery Fish
... 134 4) We should collect and archive otoliths and genetic tissue samples from juveniles and adult Chinook salmon for future analysis of stock structure and mixing. Otolith microchemistry and genetic analysis are powerful ...
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Habitat use and sex-specific foraging behaviour of Adélie penguins throughout the breeding season in Adélie Land, East Antarctica
... the foraging areas of Adélie penguins: during this season, only one bird went just outside the proposed boundaries of the MPA (to ...long foraging trips can have a negative impact on chick survival, by ...
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Diverse habitat use during two life stages of the critically endangered Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi): community structure, foraging, and social interactions
... Each habitat type was variable, and we sampled across the range of ...broadleaf habitat) ranged from 2 m to 10 m in ...and habitat-specific abundance of Bahama Orioles with other ...
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EXPLORATORY ANALYSES OF FORAGING HABITAT SELECTION OF THE RED-FOOTED FALCON (FALCO VESPERTINUS)
... global habitat type selection ratios of Red-footed Falcons (M ANLY et ...case habitat types within individual MCPs (de- sign III type analyses) comprise resource units while HE frequency is the variable ...
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Habitat complexity and patch choice : spatiotemporal distribution of foraging shorebirds on intertidal sand flats
... of habitat loss or fragmentation (Reineking & Südbeck 2007), it is imperative that we understand the factors or processes that determine habitat use and value to the target ...Shorebird ...
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Some Basic Principles of Habitat Use
... a foraging site, the fourth-order would be the actual procurement of food items from those available at that ...of habitat selection and microhabitat is similar to the second, third, and fourth levels in ...
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Winter habitat use of harbour seals
... Preferred foraging areas were located in tidal channels in BMSM, sometimes in the vicinity of rocks or mussel ...made foraging trips 10-15 km offshore but all other seals repeatedly used coastal areas, ...
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Dynamic fine-scale sea icescape shapes adult emperor penguin foraging habitat in East Antarctica
... individuals cumulatively between May and October). 3.3. Qualitative Description of Habitat Use 3.3.1. Pointe Géologie Colony From May to July 1996, when females were at sea, they mostly used the region ...
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Influence of habitat condition and competition on foraging behaviour of parrotfishes
... of foraging by herbivorous reef fishes have been shown to vary across space and time, and among ...fish use space within their foraging ranges, or characterised relative foraging mobility in ...
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Spatial ecology and conservation of sea turtles in coastal foraging habitat
... 30 My turtle tracking data indicate that OSEPs were associated with inner angles less than 59 degrees, suggesting that the 20 degrees used by Witt et al. (2010) as a limiting angle may be too conservative when used as a ...
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Wolverine foraging strategies in a multiple-use landscape
... similar habitat/land use compositions and prey densities as can be found in large stretches of southern Norway and Sweden, and has comparable carnivore management regimes within ...distributions, ...
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