Behavioural thermoregulation and polygyny in the New Zealand fur seal
The polygynous New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri, breeds in densely-packed colonies with males defending exclusive territories. The distribution of animals within a colony of these seals was monitored over three consecutive breeding seasons and behavioural thermoregulation was found to be...
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University of Canterbury. Zoology
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5788 |