Browsing by Subject "Foraging"
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Analysis of North Atlantic Right Whale Swimming Behavior during Bottom Foraging Events to Assess Entanglement Risk
(2005)The western North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis, is critically endangered throughout its range. With approximately 300 individuals remaining, this population suffers significant impacts from entanglement in ... -
Behavioral Ecology of the Western Atlantic Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
(2015)Social structure is a key determinant of population biology and is central to the way animals exploit their environment. The risk of predation is often invoked as an important factor influencing the evolution of social structure ... -
Fine-Scale Foraging Behavior of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in Southeast Alaska
(2017)Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) are one of the biggest animals on the planet and thus require large quantities of dense prey to meet their energetic requirements. They feed using discrete lunges and filtration to ... -
Foraging Ecology and Maternal Transmission of Foraging Specializations of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
(2004)Bottlenose dolphins use a variety of foraging specializations to detect and pursue prey. Like other mammals, individual dolphins may use specialized foraging techniques that are shaped in response to habitat or particular ...
