Violent interspecific sexual behavior by male sea lions (Otariidae): Evolutionary and phylogenetic implications

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 468-476

  Miller, Edward H ^a   De León, Alberto Ponce ^b   Delong, Robert L ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Instituto Nacional de Pesca Montevideo   (Uruguay)

^c National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 0029844086     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1996.tb00601.x     Document Type: Article

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