Evaluating the function of the male harbour seal, Phoca vitulina, roar through playback experiments

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1133-1139

  Hayes, Sean A ^a,e   Kumar, Anurag ^b   Costa, Daniel P ^a   Mellinger, David K ^c,d   Harvey, James T ^b   Southall, Brandon L ^a   Le Boeuf, Burney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; PINNIPED; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; ELKHORN SLOUGH; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 3042744203     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.06.019     Document Type: Article

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