Prey patch patterns predict habitat use by top marine predators with diverse foraging strategies.

Spatial coherence between predators and prey has rarely been observed in pelagic marine ecosystems. We used measures of the environment, prey abundance, prey quality, and prey distribution to explain the observed distributions of three co-occurring predator species breeding on islands in the southea...

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Main Authors: Kelly J Benoit-Bird, Brian C Battaile, Scott A Heppell, Brian Hoover, David Irons, Nathan Jones, Kathy J Kuletz, Chad A Nordstrom, Rosana Paredes, Robert M Suryan, Chad M Waluk, Andrew W Trites
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3536749?pdf=render