An in-field experimental test of pinniped behavioral types

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Twiss, Sean D ^a   Culloch, Ross ^a   Pomeroy, Patrick P ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral syndromes; Breeding behavior; Consistent individual differences; Gray seal; Halichoerus grypus; In field experimental test; Personality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOME RANGE; MOLLUSC; PINNIPED; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA; HALICHOERUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 84863221466     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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