The cost of success: Reproductive effort in male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-171

  Galimberti, Filippo ^a,d   Sanvito, Simona ^a,b   Braschi, Chiara ^c   Boitani, Luigi ^c  

^a Elephant Seal Research Group   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Body size; Falkland Islands; Male competition; Mirounga leonina; Reproductive effort; Reproductive success; Southern elephant seal

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GROWTH; LIFE HISTORY; MATING SUCCESS; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 36148929908     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0450-y     Document Type: Article

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