Ontogeny of diving behaviour in the Australian sea lion: Trials of adolescence in a late bloomer

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 358-367

  Fowler, Shannon L ^a   Costa, Daniel P ^a   Arnould, John P Y ^b   Gales, Nicholas J ^c   Kuhn, Carey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic diving; Foraging ecology; Neophoca cinerea; Postnatal development; Weaning

Indexed keywords

DIVING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ONTOGENY; PINNIPED;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SEAL; TIME; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DIVING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SEA LIONS; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KANGAROO ISLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; NEOPHOCA CINEREA; OTARIIDAE;

EID: 33645420946     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01055.x     Document Type: Article

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