Diving behaviour during the breeding season in the terrestrially breeding male grey seal: Implications for alternative mating tactics

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1025-1033

  Lidgard, Damian C ^a,b   Boness, Daryl J ^b   Don Bowen, W ^c   McMillan, Jim I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ECOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

SHALLOW DIVING;

BIODIVERSITY;

BREEDING SEASON; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED;

CANADA;

GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; MARTES ZIBELLINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0042694453     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-085     Document Type: Article

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