AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR IN HARBOR SEALS (PHOCA VITULINA) IN RELATION TO THE AVAILABILITY OF HAUL‐OUT SPACE

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Summary

The hypothesis that haul- out space is a contested resource among harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) was tested by comparing the number of agonistic interactions and the time devoted to them, at a haul-out with unlimited space and a haul -out with limited space, in Humboldt County, California.

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article
Published
1999-04-01
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Keywords

Agonistic behaviour, Phoca, Harbor seal, Dominance (genetics), Competition (biology)

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