Pinnipeds social systems : A review

Mammalia

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-160

  Caudron, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

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EID: 0004159590     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1997.61.2.153     Document Type: Article

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