… We predicted this would drive sexual segregation and so reduce competition with females,
and free juveniles and adult males from relying on potentially depleted re sources around …

… influence the distribution and behaviour of animals. However, our knowledge of the
mechanisms driving sexual segregation is still in its infancy (particularly in marine taxa) and the …

… sex disproportionately drives sex segregation. It is likely that more than one factor favors sex
segregation in … activity budget hypothesis given evidence of sex-specific foraging strategies. …

… I propose to examine sexual segregation patterns, definitions, … the nature and behavior of
these large, spectacular mammals. … are intertwined in the mechanisms of population regulation …

… , breeding constraints, and social behaviour, have been well … They also measured salt-water
immersion every three seconds and … 3), which could be a mechanism to maximise foraging …

… Together, ecological niche theory and density dependence mechanisms predict that organisms
with … In a dynamic marine environment characterized by patchy and ephemeral resource …

… simple to complex genetic mechanisms that evolved repeatedly … ontogenetic and behavioural
aspects of sexual differentiation… for reptilian homologues of genes [232] involved in sexual …

… To better understand the mechanisms allowing their … niche segregation at Marion Island
(Southern Indian Ocean), one … marked sexual dimorphism, we predict that segregation between …

… sexual differences in feeding behaviour, but no studies have yet comprehensively quantified
the sexual segregation in … to explain sexual segregation, several mechanisms have been …

… PLOS ONE 9: e108935 Wearmouth VJ, Sims DW (2008) Sexual segregation in marine fish,
reptiles, birds and mammals: behaviour patterns, mechanisms and conservation implications…