Thermal ecology and social thermoregulation of Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) during their moult
Annual life cycle of Phocids at sea is interrupted twice for reproduction and moult on land. The moult, an energetically costly phase, is essential for the renewal of hair, as well as epidermis in some monachine seals (Mirounga and Monachus). Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) huddle in mud...
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Format: | Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis |
Language: | French |
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HAL CCSD
2017
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Online Access: | https://theses.hal.science/tel-01951500 https://theses.hal.science/tel-01951500/document https://theses.hal.science/tel-01951500/file/VA_CHAISE_Laureline_08122017.pdf |