Intra-sexual female agonistic behaviour of the South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) in two colonies with different breeding substrates

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-28

  Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a   Cassini, Marcelo H ^b,c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^c Organizacion PROFAUNA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Breeding groups; Female aggression; Otaria flavescens; Otariids; Patagonia; Pinnipeds

Indexed keywords

OTARIA BYRONIA; OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 34248224201     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-006-0024-4     Document Type: Article

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