Male reproductive success and its behavioural correlates in a polygynous mammal, the Galápagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2574-2586

  PÖrschmann, Ulrich ^a   Trillmich, Fritz ^a   Mueller, Birte ^a   Wolf, Jochen B W ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive strategies; Attendance; Dominance; Female choice; Paternity assignment; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALS; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; REPRODUCTION; SEA LIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TERRITORIALITY;

MAMMALIA; ZALOPHUS WOLLEBAEKI;

EID: 77953532939     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04665.x     Document Type: Article

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