Sexual harassment and female gregariousness in the South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 625-630

  Cappozzo, Humberto L ^a   Túnez, Juan I ^b,c   Cassini, Marcelo H ^b,c  

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

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^c Organizacion PROFAUNA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Coercive mating; Group living; Harem; Mating systems; Pinnipeds

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BREEDING POPULATION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; OTARIA FLAVESCENS; REPRODUCTION; SEAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BREEDING; FEMALE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEA LIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

MAMMALIA; OTARIA BYRONIA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 46149091945     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0363-2     Document Type: Article

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