Reproductive biology of female striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) from the western Mediterranean

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 581-591

  Calzada, N ^a   Aguilar, A ^d   Sorensen T B ^b   Lockyer, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

CETOLOGY; DISEASED POPULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTION; STRIPED DOLPHIN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (WEST);

EID: 0030304813     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05308.x     Document Type: Article

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