Browsing by Subject "Habitat use"
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City life makes females fussy : sex differences in habitat use of temperate bats in urban areas
(2014-11-19) - Journal articleUrbanization is a major driver of the global loss of biodiversity; to mitigate its adverse effects, it is essential to understand what drives species' patterns of habitat use within the urban matrix. While many animal ... -
In absence of local adaptation, plasticity and spatially varying selection rule : a view from genomic reaction norms in a panmictic species (Anguilla rostrata)
(2014-05-27) - Journal articleBackground: American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is one of the few species for which panmixia has been demonstrated at the scale of the entire species. As such, the development of long term local adaptation is impossible. ... -
Investigating annual diving behaviour by Hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) within the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
(2013-11-25) - Journal articleWith the exception of relatively brief periods when they reproduce and moult, hooded seals, Cystophora cristata, spend most of the year in the open ocean where they undergo feeding migrations to either recover or prepare ... -
The seasonal movements and dynamics of migrating humpback whales off the east coast of Africa
(University of St Andrews, 2013-11-29) - ThesisData collected during boat-based and aerial surveys were used to describe population structure, movements, temporal patterns of migration and skin condition of humpback whales in breeding sub-stock C1-S off southern Africa. ... -
Structure and dynamics of the Gulf of Maine humpback whale population
(University of St Andrews, 2007-06) - ThesisPopulation structure and vital rates of Gulf of Maine (GOM) humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, were studied by a combination of longitudinal data, region-wide surveys and modern mark-recapture statistical methods. ...