Dynamics of male dominance of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) during the breeding season at King George Island

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-159

  Carlini, Alejandro R ^a   Poljak, Sebastián ^a   Daneri, Gustavo A ^b   Márquez, Maria E I ^a   Plötz, Joachim ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b Mus Arg Cien Nat   (Argentina)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Male competition; Mirounga leonina; Pinnipeds; Southern elephant seal

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DOMINANCE; MALE BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANTARCTICA;

ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0037005269     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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