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Cross-seasonal foraging site fidelity of subantarctic fur seals: implications for marine conservation areas by Wege, M., Tosh, C. A., de Bruyn, P. J. N., Bester, M. N.

“…Marine top predators show fidelity to foraging areas with predictable high-quality food patches. Areas of predictable prey yield are of conservation…”
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Elephant seal dive behaviour is influenced by ocean temperature: implications for climate change impacts on an ocean predator by McIntyre, Trevor, Ansorge, Isabelle J., Bornemann, Horst, Plötz, Joachim, Tosh, Cheryl A., Bester, Marthán N.

“…The potential effects of ocean warming on marine predators are largely unknown, though the impact on the distribution of prey in vertical space may have far…”
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Segregation in a sexually dimorphic mammal: a mixed-effects modelling analysis of diving behaviour in southern elephant seals by McIntyre, Trevor, Tosh, Cheryl A., Plötz, Joachim, Bornemann, Horst, Bester, Marthán N.

“…Sexual segregation in habitat use occurs in a number of animal species, including southern elephant seals, where differences in migration localities and dive…”
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Sex at sea: alternative mating system in an extremely polygynous mammal by de Bruyn, P.J.N., Tosh, C.A., Bester, M.N., Cameron, E.Z., McIntyre, T., Wilkinson, I.S.

“…Polygyny is a widespread and evolutionarily significant mating system in vertebrates. The southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, has often been cited as…”
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Bathymetry and frontal system interactions influence seasonal foraging movements of lactating subantarctic fur seals from Marion Island by de Bruyn, P. J. Nico, Tosh, Cheryl A., Oosthuizen, W. Chris, Bester, Marthán N., Arnould, John P. Y.

“…Sixteen lactating subantarctic fur sealsArctocephalus tropicaliswere satellite-tracked during the winter of 2006 (n = 6), summer of 2006/07 (n = 6) and…”
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Elephant seal foraging dives do indeed track prey distribution, but temperature influences the distribution of prey: Reply to Boersch-Supan et al. (2012) by McIntyre, Trevor, Ansorge, Isabelle J., Bornemann, Horst, Plötz, Joachim, Tosh, Cheryl A., Bester, Marthán N.

“…McIntyre et al. (2011a; Mar Ecol Prog Ser 441:257−272) illustrated a number of relationships between environmental variables and the dive behaviour of…”
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Prey and seasonal abundance of killer whales at sub-Antarctic Marion Island by Reisinger, RR, de Bruyn, PJN, Tosh, CA, Oosthuizen, WC, Mufanadzo, NT, Bester, MN

“…The diet of killer whales Orcinus orca was investigated from 48 predation events observed during 823 sightings at sub-Antarctic Marion Island between 2006 and…”
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The Marine Mammal Programme at the Prince Edward Islands: 38 years of research by Bester, MN, de Bruyn, PJN, Oosthuizen, WC, Tosh, CA, McIntyre, T, Reisinger, RR, Postma, M, van der Merwe, DS, Wege, M

“…The Marine Mammal Programme (MMP) conducts research on pinnipeds and killer whales Orcinus orca at Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands, under the auspices of…”
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Estimating the abundances of large herbivores in the Kruger National Park using presence–absence data by Tosh, Cheryl A., Reyers, Belinda, van Jaarsveld, Albert S.

“…Conservation planning and practice rely heavily on abundance information generated at local scales for decision-making. Unfortunately most distributional data…”
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Sexual harassment of a king penguin by an Antarctic fur seal by de Bruyn, P. J. Nico, Tosh, Cheryl A., Bester, Marthán N.

“…Males of gregarious pinnipeds are often aggressive to conspecifics and sexual coercion of females is commonplace. Males of some pinniped species have been…”
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Impact of harvesting and fire on Phragmites australis reed quality in Tembe Elephant Park, Maputaland by M.W. van Rooyen, C.A. Tosh, N. van Rooyen, W.S. Matthews, M.J.S. Kellerman

“…In Maputaland, South Africa, the common reed (Phragmites australis) is used extensively for hut building, fencing, craftwork and thatching. As a result of…”
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