Foraging fidelity as a recipe for a long life: foraging strategy and longevity in male Southern Elephant Seals.
Identifying individual factors affecting life-span has long been of interest for biologists and demographers: how do some individuals manage to dodge the forces of mortality when the vast majority does not? Answering this question is not straightforward, partly because of the arduous task of accurat...
Main Authors: | Matthieu Authier, Ilham Bentaleb, Aurore Ponchon, Céline Martin, Christophe Guinet |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3323586?pdf=render |
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