Individually distinctive pup vocalizations fail to prevent allo-suckling in grey seals

• Main Authors: McCulloch, S, Pomeroy, P P, Slater, P J B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: LAND-FAST ICE; HALICHOERUS-GRYPUS; PHOCA-VITULINA; SITE FIDELITY; GRAY SEALS; NORTH-RONA; MOTHER; BEHAVIOR; SEPARATION; DISPERSION; Allo; Rona; Phoca vitulina
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/individually-distinctive-pup-vocalizations-fail-to-prevent-allosuckling-in-grey-seals(b55dddc7-e2f9-4ce9-9f32-ad145a661e10).html; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033306004&partnerID=8YFLogxK

In crowded aggregations that occur in breeding colonies, female pinnipeds commonly become separated from their pups and may use spatial, olfactory, or auditory cues to locate them. A system of mutual recognition based on vocalizations is known for otariids. Female phocids are known to use location a...