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EIA Database

Climate mediates the success of migration strategies in a marine predator

2018
Pay-walled/Intertek link Peer Reviewed Publication

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

Approaches to studying climatic change and its role on the habitat selection of Antarctic pinnipeds

2010
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Costa, D., Huckstadt, L., Crocker, D., McDonald, B. et al.

Top predators integrate resources over time and space, and depending on the particular species they represent, different components of the marine environment. The habitat utilization of...
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Keywords: Climate change, Habitat selection, Pinnipeds

Boat noise prevents soundscape-based habitat selection by coral planulae

2018
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Scientific Reports

Lecchini, D., Bertucci, F., Gache, C. Khalife, A., Besson, M.m Roux, N., Berthe, C., Singh, S., Parmentier, E., Nugues, M. M., Brooker, R. M., Dixson, D. L. and Hédouin, L.

Understanding the relationship between coral reef condition and recruitment potential is vital for the development of effective management strategies that maintain coral cover and biodiversity. Coral...
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Keywords: Boat noise, Coral, Habitat selection, Protected area