Haulout behaviour of High Arctic harbour seals (Phoca vitulina vitulina) in Svalbard, Norway

Polar Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-16

  Reder, S ^a   Lydersen, C ^a   Arnold, W ^b   Kovacs, K M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; CLIMATE; HAULOUT BEHAVIOUR; PINNIPED; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCA VITULINA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0347300266     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0557-1     Document Type: Article

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