Elephant Seals

How did the elephant seal survive being driven to the brink of extinction in the nineteenth century? What variables determine the lifetime reproductive success of individual seals? How have elephant seals adapted to tolerate remarkable physiological extremes of nutrition, temperature, asphyxia, and...

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Main Author: Le Boeuf, Bernard J.
Format: Book
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Elephant Seal
Elephant Seals
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009052085
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/9781009052085 2024-06-09T07:45:41+00:00 Elephant Seals Pushing the Limits on Land and at Sea Le Boeuf, Bernard J. 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009052085 unknown Cambridge University Press https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms ISBN 9781009052085 9781316511541 9781009055031 monograph 2021 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009052085 2024-05-15T13:10:15Z How did the elephant seal survive being driven to the brink of extinction in the nineteenth century? What variables determine the lifetime reproductive success of individual seals? How have elephant seals adapted to tolerate remarkable physiological extremes of nutrition, temperature, asphyxia, and pressure? Answering these questions and many more, this book is the result of the author's 50-year study of elephant seals. The chapters cover a broad range of topics including diving, feeding, migration and reproductive behavior, yielding fundamental information on general biological principles, the operation of natural selection, the evolution of social behavior, the formation of vocal dialects, colony development, and population changes over time. The book will be a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers of marine mammal behavior and reproductive life history as well as for amateur naturalists interested in these fascinating animals. Book Elephant Seal Elephant Seals Cambridge University Press
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description How did the elephant seal survive being driven to the brink of extinction in the nineteenth century? What variables determine the lifetime reproductive success of individual seals? How have elephant seals adapted to tolerate remarkable physiological extremes of nutrition, temperature, asphyxia, and pressure? Answering these questions and many more, this book is the result of the author's 50-year study of elephant seals. The chapters cover a broad range of topics including diving, feeding, migration and reproductive behavior, yielding fundamental information on general biological principles, the operation of natural selection, the evolution of social behavior, the formation of vocal dialects, colony development, and population changes over time. The book will be a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers of marine mammal behavior and reproductive life history as well as for amateur naturalists interested in these fascinating animals.
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