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Temporal changes in Weddell seal dive behavior over winter: Are females increasing foraging effort to support gestation?

In capital‐breeding marine mammals, prey acquisition during the foraging trip coinciding with gestation must provide energy to meet the immediate needs of the growing fetus and also a store to meet the subsequent demands of lactation. Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) that give birth following...

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Autores principales: Shero, Michelle R., Goetz, Kimberly T., Costa, Daniel P., Burns, Jennifer M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6303723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30598782
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4643

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