Social effects of space availability on the breeding behaviour of elephant seals in Patagonia

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 717-724

  Baldi, R ^a,b   Campagna, C ^a,c   Pedraza, S ^a   Le Boeuf, Burney J ^d  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING BEHAVIOUR; BREEDING SITES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOUR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL EFFECTS; SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS; SPACE AVAILABILITY;

ARGENTINA, PATAGONIA; ARGENTINA, PENINSULA VALDES;

MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 0029750836     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0075     Document Type: Article

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