Female distribution, genetic relatedness, and fostering behaviour in harbour seals, Phoca vitulina

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 427-434

  Schaeff, C M ^a,d   Boness, D J ^b   Bowen, W D ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STRUCTURE; RELATEDNESS;

PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 0033083845     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1001     Document Type: Article

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