Site fidelity and dispersion of southern elephant seals from Patagonia

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 138-147

  Lewis, Mirtha ^a   Campagna, Claudio ^a,b   Quintana, Flavio ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0030046373     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1996.tb00312.x     Document Type: Article

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