Lateralised swimming behaviour in the California sea lion

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-123

  Wells, Deborah L ^a   Irwin, Rosie M ^a   Hepper, Peter G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetries; Handedness; Laterality; Pinnipeds; Sea lions; Swimming

Indexed keywords

PINNIPED; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; SWIMMING POOL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; SEA LIONS; SWIMMING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 33646804531     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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