Aggregation and dispersion of female New Zealand sea lions at the Sandy Bay breeding colony, Auckland Islands: How unusual is their spatial behaviour?

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1287-1311

  Auge A A ^a   Chilvers, B L ^b   Moore, A ^a   Mathieu, R ^a,c   Robertson, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Dispersion; Movements; New zealand sea lion; Spatial behaviour

Indexed keywords

OTARIIDAE; PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 70149122608     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15683909X427687     Document Type: Article

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