Marion Island elephant seals: The paucity-of-males hypothesis tested

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1547-1554

  Wilkinson, I S ^a,b   Van Aarde, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

INDIAN OCEAN; MARION ISLAND;

MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 0033490047     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-127     Document Type: Article

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