Individual and geographical variation in display behaviour of male harbour seals in Scotland

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 559-568

  Van Parijs, Sofie M ^a   Hastie, Gordon D ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; DIVING BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; SPATIAL VARIATION; VOCALIZATION;

MORAY FIRTH; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0033845393     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1307     Document Type: Article

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