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Anti-predator behaviour of Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus in relation to predation by white sharks Carcharodon carcharias around Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-202).

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Main Author: De Vos, Alta
Other Authors: O'Riain, Justin
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Biological Sciences 2014
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10423 Anti-predator behaviour of Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus in relation to predation by white sharks Carcharodon carcharias around Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa De Vos, Alta O'Riain, Justin Zoology Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-202). How predators affect the behaviour of their prey is one of the most studied subjects in behavioural ecology, with many hypothesis and models explaining how animals should behave and even more descriptive studies detailing how they do. The unification of the empirical with the theoretical, however, remains limited. The overall aim of my thesis was to address this paucity at Seal Island, South Africa, where recently quantified patterns of predation pressure by white sharks Carcharodon carcharias on Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus suggested a landscape of fear particularly apposite to this. 2014-12-28T15:03:05Z 2014-12-28T15:03:05Z 2010 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10423 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town
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title Anti-predator behaviour of Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus in relation to predation by white sharks Carcharodon carcharias around Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa
title_full Anti-predator behaviour of Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus in relation to predation by white sharks Carcharodon carcharias around Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa
title_fullStr Anti-predator behaviour of Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus in relation to predation by white sharks Carcharodon carcharias around Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Anti-predator behaviour of Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus in relation to predation by white sharks Carcharodon carcharias around Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa
title_short Anti-predator behaviour of Cape fur seals Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus in relation to predation by white sharks Carcharodon carcharias around Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa
title_sort anti predator behaviour of cape fur seals arctocephalus pusillus pusillus in relation to predation by white sharks carcharodon carcharias around seal island false bay south africa
topic Zoology
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