Post-breeding distribution and diving behavior of adult male southern elephant seals from Patagonia

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1341-1352

  Campagna, Claudio ^a,b   Fedak, Michael A ^c   McConnell, Bernie J ^c  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diving behavior; Foraging ecology; Mirounga leonina; Patagonia; Southern elephant seal

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0000758234     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383185     Document Type: Article

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