Marion Island elephant seals: the paucity-of- males hypothesis tested

作者: I S Wilkinson , R J van Aarde

DOI: 10.1139/Z99-127

关键词: ReproductionPopulationMatingPopulation declineIndian oceanSouthern elephant sealSex ratioPopulation densityZoologyBiology

摘要: The southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, population at Marion Island has declined since the start of research activities there in 1973, as have populations other Indian Ocean breeding sites...

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