State-dependent male mating tactics in the grey seal: The importance of body size

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 541-549

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

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body size; Conditional mating tactics; Endurance rivalry; Energetics; Halichoerus grypus; Pinnipeds; Reproductive behavior

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MATING BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; SABLE ISLAND; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

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

EID: 19344367889     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ari023     Document Type: Article

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