Underwater acoustic displays and individual variation in male harbour seals, Phoca vitulina

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1275-1283

  Hanggi, Evelyn B ^b   Schusterman, Ronald J ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOCALIZATION BEHAVIOUR;

USA, CALIFORNIA, POINT LOBOS;

PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0028164349     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1994.1363     Document Type: Article

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