Determinants of agonistic interactions in California sea lions

Behaviour

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1797-1810

  Young, Julie K ^a,b   González Suárez, Manuela ^a   Gerber, Leah R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Marine mammal; Population ecology; Population trend

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; ZALOPHUS;

EID: 67249112549     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853908786279646     Document Type: Article

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