Harassment, abduction, and mortality of pups by nonterritorial male northern fur seals

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1227-1236

  Kiyota, Masashi ^a   Okamura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breeding aggregation; Callorhinus ursinus; Infant abuse; Infanticide; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; INFANTICIDE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; PINNIPED;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; SAINT PAUL ISLAND [PRIBILOF ISLANDS]; UNITED STATES;

CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 30344453323     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/04-MAMM-A-031R2.1     Document Type: Article

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