Homing behavior of juvenile northern elephant seals

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-256

  Oliver, Guy W ^a,b   Morris, Patricia A ^b   Thorson, Philip H ^b   Le Boeuf, Burney J ^b  

^a Santa Cruz ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elephant seal; Homing; Mirounga angustirostris; Translocation

Indexed keywords

HOMING BEHAVIOUR; NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL; TRANSLOCATION EXPERIMENT;

ANO NEUVO STATE RSERVE; CALIFORNIA; USA;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; MIROUGNA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031966831     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1998.tb00714.x     Document Type: Article

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