Balancing foraging and reproduction in the male harbour seal, an aquatically mating pinniped

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 663-678

  Coltman, Dave W ^b   Bowen, W Don ^a   Boness, Daryl J ^c   Iverson, Sara J ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; HARBOUR SEAL; MAMMALS; REPRODUCTION;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA; SABLE ISLAND;

MAMMALIA; MARTES ZIBELLINA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0031238750     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0470     Document Type: Article

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