Low reproductive success in territorial male Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) suggests the existence of alternative mating strategies
Microsatellites were used to conduct an analysis of paternity of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) from Bird Island, South Georgia. At most, only 28% of pups at our study site could be assigned a father, even though the majority (~90%) of candidate males within this colony were sampled. Th...
Published in: | Molecular Ecology |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Blackwell
2001
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Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18603/ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01186.x/abstract |