Behavioural and morphometric measurements of parental investment in southern elephant seals at the Falkland Islands

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 399-403

  Galimberti, Filippo ^a   Gallastroni, Alessia ^b   Sanvito, Simona ^c  

^a Elephant Seal Research Group   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); SEA LION ISLAND;

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

EID: 0036922551     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-001-0355-6     Document Type: Article

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