Pelage coloration in pinnipeds: Functional considerations

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 765-774

  Caro, Tim ^a   Stankowich, Theodore ^b   Mesnick, Sarah L ^c,d   Costa, Daniel P ^e   Beeman, Karrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

background matching; dorsal pigmentary darkening; marine mammals; natal coats; pelage; seals; sexual dichromatism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CETACEAN; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPSIS; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEONATE; PELAGE; PHYLOGENETICS; PINNIPED; POLYGYNY; PREDATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 84862887428     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars025     Document Type: Article

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