Breeding male grey seals exhibit similar activity budgets across varying exposures to human activity

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 527, Issue , 2015, Pages 247-259

  Bishop, Amanda ^a   Pomeroy, Paddy ^b   Twiss, Sean D ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Conservation; Halichoerus grypus; Management; Wildlife tourism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MALE; MALE BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 84930711494     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: 16161599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps11254     Document Type: Article

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