Female attendance patterns of Antarctic fur seals at Marion Island

African Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 402-405

  Kirkman, S P ^a   Bester, M N ^a   Makhado, A B ^a   Pistorius, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus gazella; Foraging; Pup growth

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; LACTATION; MATERNAL CARE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PINNIPED;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; GAZELLA; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0346911700     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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