Maternal attendance behaviour of sympatrically breeding Antarctic and subantarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus spp., at Macquarie Island

Polar Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 316-325

  Goldsworthy, S D ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; PINNIPED;

ANTARCTICA;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 0032958639     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050368     Document Type: Article

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