The effect of seasonal changes in behaviour on the distribution and abundance of common seals, Phoca vitulina, in Orkney
VHF radio-telemetry was used to study individual and seasonal variation in common seal haul-out behaviour in a study area in Orkney, Scotland. The timing of the annual cycle was also described and seasonal changes in behaviour, distribution and abundance were related to the constraints of breeding a...
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University of Aberdeen
1987
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.234324 |