Ontogeny of diving behaviour in the Galápagos fur seal

Behaviour

Volumn 134, Issue 15-16, 1997, Pages 1211-1257

  Horning, Markus ^a,b   Trillmich, Fritz ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0031320788     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853997X00133     Document Type: Article

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