Growing their separate ways: the ontogeny of sexual segregation in Antarctic fur seals

• Main Author: Jones, Kayleigh Ann
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bird Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals; Antarctica; Arctocephalus gazella
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530052/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530052/1/Jones_Kayleigh_2020_Phd_The%20Ontogeny%20of%20Sexual%20Segregation%20in%20Antarctic%20Fur%20Seals.pdf

Sexual segregation occurs in a diverse array of taxa in the animal kingdom and has important ecological implications. Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain sexual segregation in adults, including size dimorphism, social behaviour and predation risk, but its initial development remains poo...