Loyalty pays: Potential life history consequences of fidelity to marine foraging regions by southern elephant seals
Article Abstract:
The annual foraging ranges of female elephant seals, Mirounga leonina, was examined over 4 years and it was found that individuals used preferred regions year after year. The evolution of long-term fidelity assisted by simple navigational rules present energetic advantages over an individual's lifetime and explain the existence of seemingly nonadaptive short-term behaviors.
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
Behavior, Elephant seals, Foraging, Foraging (Animal feeding behavior)
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
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Physiological benefits as precursors of sociality: why banded geckos band
Article Abstract:
Impact of physiological characteristics of animals on their social behavior, with respect to banded geckos, is examined.
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
Physiological aspects, Geckos
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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Subjects list: Research, United States, Social behavior in animals, Animal social behavior, Animal social behaviour
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