Timing of implantation in the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 675-683

  York, Anne E ^a   Scheffer, Victor B ^a,b  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^b Silver Glen C 214 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Callorhinus ursinus; Embryonic diapause; Fur seals; Gestation; Implantation

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; MARINE MAMMAL; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

CALLORHINUS URSINUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031544376     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382919     Document Type: Review

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