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Behavior and Ecology of the Northern Fur Seal
Roger L. Gentry
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Description for Behavior and Ecology of the Northern Fur Seal
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 410 pages, 7 halftones, 36 tables, 86 line illus. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
Covering the behavior and ecology of the northern fur seal, this book is a model long-term study of marine mammals, one that tests theory through both observation of undisturbed behavior and manipulative experiments on individuals. Here Roger Gentry draws on nearly two decades of research on three different islands to show how behavior among these seals changes with population size, sex ratio, and environment, to explain the behavior of the population beginning with individuals, and to generalize the results to other members of the eared seal family. In so doing, he offers one of the most comprehensive studies of its ... Read more
Covering the behavior and ecology of the northern fur seal, this book is a model long-term study of marine mammals, one that tests theory through both observation of undisturbed behavior and manipulative experiments on individuals. Here Roger Gentry draws on nearly two decades of research on three different islands to show how behavior among these seals changes with population size, sex ratio, and environment, to explain the behavior of the population beginning with individuals, and to generalize the results to other members of the eared seal family. In so doing, he offers one of the most comprehensive studies of its ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Condition
New
Weight
485 g
Number of Pages
410
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691631608
SKU
V9780691631608
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Reviews for Behavior and Ecology of the Northern Fur Seal
This book is a major scientific contribution to the fields of pinniped and behavioral ecology... The book is very readable, yet it contains an enormous amount of detailed information... [I]t should be on the list of any well-rounded biological scientist.
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