Measures of breeding inequality: A case study in southern elephant seals

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1240-1249

  Galimberti, Filippo ^a   Fabiani, Anna ^b   Sanvito, Simona ^c  

^a Elephant Seal Research Group   (Italy)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BREEDING;

BIOLOGY;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HAREM; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0036939407     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-117     Document Type: Article

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