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Leopard seal diets in a rapidly warming polar region vary by year, season, sex, and body size
BACKGROUND: Resolving the preferred prey items and dietary proportions of leopard seals is central to understanding food-web dynamics in the rapidly-warming Antarctic Peninsula region. Previous studies have identified a wide range of prey items; however, due to anecdotal or otherwise limited informa...
Autores principales: | Krause, Douglas J., Goebel, Michael E., Kurle, Carolyn M. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7271520/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32493329 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12898-020-00300-y |
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