Social composition and spatial distribution of colonies in an expanding population of South American sea lions

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1218-1228

  Grandi, M Florencia ^a   Dans, Silvana L ^a   Crespo, Enrique A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Colony clustering; Northern Patagonia; Otaria flavescens; Recolonization; Social composition; South American sea lion; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; PINNIPED; RANGE EXPANSION; RECOLONIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

OTARIA BYRONIA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 55349104504     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-088.1     Document Type: Article

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