Bioacoustics of southern elephant seals. ii. individual and geographical variation in male aggressive vocalisations

Bioacoustics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 287-307

  Sanvito, Simona ^a   Galimberti, Filippo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Elephant Seals Research Group Sea Lion Island   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Bioacoustics; Dialects; Falkland Islands; Geographic variation; Individual variation; Mirounga leonina; Southern elephant seal; Vald s Peninsula; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIOACOUSTICS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; SPATIAL VARIATION; VOCALIZATION;

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0033940244     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2000.9753439     Document Type: Article

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