Breeding site choice fails to explain interannual associations of female grey seals

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 546-556

  Pomeroy, P P ^a   Redman, P R ^a   Ruddell, S J S ^a   Duck, C D ^a   Twiss, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interannual spatial association; Intra annual spatial association; Parturition date variability; Pupping site fidelity

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; HABITAT SELECTION; PINNIPED; SITE FIDELITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH RONA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN ISLES; WORLD;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 17644370720     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0882-6     Document Type: Article

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