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Climate mediates the success of migration strategies in a marine predator

2018
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Ecology Letters

Abrahms, B., E. L. Hazen, S. J. Bograd, J. S. Brashares, P. W. Robinson, K. L. Scales, D. E. Crocker, and D. P. Costa

Individual behavioural specialisation has far-reaching effects on fitness and population persistence. Theory predicts that unconditional site fidelity, that is fidelity to a site independent of past...
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Keywords: Behavioural strategy, Climate variability, Foraging ecology, Habitat selection, Individual specialisation, Migration, Mirounga angustirostris, Northern elephant seal, Resource predictability, Site fidelity