South American sea lions in Peru have a lek-like mating system

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 306-333

  Soto, Karim H ^a   Trites, Andrew W ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lek; Mating success; Mating system; Otaria byronia; Sex ratios; South American sea lion

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING SEASON; COPULATION; LEK; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; SHORELINE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TERRITORY; TOPOGRAPHY;

PERU;

MAMMALIA; OTARIA BYRONIA; OTARIIDAE;

EID: 79954524778     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2010.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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