Alpha-male paternity in elephant seals

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 298-306

  Hoelzel, A Rus ^a   Le Boeuf, Burney J ^b   Reiter, Joanne ^b   Campagna, Claudio ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Elephant seals; Mating system; Molecular ecology; Paternity testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001052552     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050623     Document Type: Article

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