Agonistic behavior of male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina Carnivora: Phocidae) at Isla 25 de Mayo, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Negrete, Javier, Juáres, Mariana, Ferrari, Héctor, Carlini, Alejandro, Mennucci, Jorge, Loza, Cleopatra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Fundación Miguel Lillo 2011
• Subjects: Etograma; comportamiento agonístico; elefante marino; Antártida; Ethogram; agonistic behavior; elephant seal; Antarctic; 25 de Mayo; Elefante; isla 25 de Mayo; islas Shetland del Sur; Shetland del Sur; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Elephant Seal; Elephant Seals; Isla 25 de Mayo; Mirounga leonina; Southern Elephant Seal; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: https://www.lillo.org.ar/journals/index.php/acta-zoologica-lilloana/article/view/238

An ethogram is a baseline tool in animal behavioral studies. Nevertheless, for the southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina Linneo, 1758), a species in which males compete for access to females through agonistic encounters, the ethograms that are being used are based on literature reports, in which...