Philopatry, site fidelity and local kin associations within grey seal breeding colonies

Ethology

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 899-919

  Pomeroy, P P ^a,b   Twiss, S D ^a,b   Redman, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; KIN RECOGNITION; PHILOPATRY; PINNIPED; SITE FIDELITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; GRYPUS; HALICHOERES; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0033753171     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2000.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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