Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/B/S/2003/00215
Individuals or groups: testing for socially-mediated post breeding movements in a marine top predator.
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr P Pomeroy, University of St Andrews, Sea Mammal Research Unit
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor J Matthiopoulos, University of Glasgow, College of Medical, Veterinary, Life Sci
- Grant held at:
- University of St Andrews, Sea Mammal Research Unit
- Science Area:
- Marine
- Overall Classification:
- Marine
- ENRIs:
- Natural Resource Management
- Global Change
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Science Topics:
- Population Ecology
- Behavioural Ecology
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- Information may be exchanged in groups of animals, with consequences for individual success. For aggregative predators, models of foraging, habitat use and population changes which ignore such social effects may be inadequate. Grey seals had been regarded as having limited sociality and behaving independently after they leave breeding colonies or haul-outs. However, tracks of individual grey seals and elephant seals at sea suggest that animals may not move independently. This work uses the unprecedented detailed study situation at North Rona, Outer Hebrides, in which breeding aggregations have social structure and groups of individuals form interannual associations. For the first time adult female grey seals that form stable interannual breeding associations will be tracked to test whether their postbreeding movements are independent.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/B/S/2003/00215
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Small Grants Pre FEC
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- Small Grants
This grant award has a total value of £30,755
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs |
|---|---|
| £1,025 | £29,730 |
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