Bacular size, growth, and allometry in the largest extant otariid, the Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 134-144

  Miller, E H ^a   Pitcher, K W ^a   Loughlin, T R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Baculum; Character variation; Eumetopias jubatus; Growth; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034502738     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0134:BSGAAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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