Mating system and reproductive success in eastern Pacific harbour seals

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3023-3034

  Hayes, Sean A ^a,b   Pearse, Devon E ^a   Costa, Daniel P ^b   Harvey, James T ^c   Le Boeuf, Burney J ^b   Garza, John Carlos ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Harbour seals; Mating system; Paternity analysis; Pinnipeds; Polygyny; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PHENOTYPE; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIBLING;

ANIMALS; DNA; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PHENOTYPE; PHOCA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SIBLINGS;

PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 33747042439     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02984.x     Document Type: Article

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