Costs and benefits of joining South American sea lion breeding groups: Testing the assumptions of a model of female breeding dispersion

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1154-1160

  Cassini, M H ^a,b   Fernandez Juricic E ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^b Organizacion PROFAUNA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BREEDING; FEMALE MAMMALS;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BIODIVERSITY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PINNIPED;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OTARIA BYRONIA; OTARIA FLAVESCENS; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0344496216     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-098     Document Type: Article

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