Maternal care in the subantarctic fur seals on Amsterdam Island

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 295-308

  Georges, Jean Yves ^a,b   Guinet, Christophe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus tropicalis; Foraging effort; Maternal care; Maternal input; Otariidae; Pinnipedia; Provisioning pattern; Pup growth rate; Subantarctic fur seal

Indexed keywords

MATERNAL CARE; PINNIPED; SEASONALITY;

AMSTERDAM ISLAND; INDIAN OCEAN;

ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; OTARIIDAE; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0033938889     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0295:MCITSF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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