Behaviour of southern elephant seal weanlings during the post-weaning fast in Patagonia

Mammalia

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-272

  Falabella, V ^a   Campagna, C ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; PINNIPED; WEANING;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; PENINSULA VALDES;

MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 0033509122     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1999.63.3.257     Document Type: Article

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