Moult in the Mediterranean monk seal from Cap Blanc, western Sahara

African Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-192

  Badosa, Enric ^a   Pastor, Teresa ^a   Gazo, Manel ^a   Aguilar, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lanugo; Mediterranean monk seal; Monachus; Moult; Pelage; Shedding

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MOLT; PARENTAL CARE; PELAGE; PINNIPED;

AFRICA; SAHARA;

MIROUNGA; MONACHUS; MONACHUS MONACHUS; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI;

EID: 33750934553     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2006)41[183:MITMMS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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