The dynamics of male harem dominance in southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) at the South Shetland Islands

Polar Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 796-805

  Carlini, Alejandro R ^a   Poljak, Sebastián ^b   Daneri, Gustavo A ^c   Márquez, María E I ^a   Negrete, Javier ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo   (Argentina)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Breeding biology; Breeding chronology; Mirounga leonina; Southern elephant seals

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; CHRONOLOGY; DOMINANCE; HAREM; MALE; PINNIPED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX RATIO;

ANTARCTICA; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 33746354316     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0117-6     Document Type: Article

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