Elephant Seals - Pushing the Limits on Land and at Sea (Hardcover)

How did the elephant seal survive being driven to the brink of extinction in the nineteenth century? What variables determine the lifetime reproductive success of individual seals? How have elephant seals adapted to tolerate remarkable physiological extremes of nutrition, temperature, asphyxia, and pressure? Answering these questions and many more, this book is the result of the author's 50-year study of elephant seals. The chapters cover a broad range of topics including diving, feeding, migration and reproductive behavior, yielding fundamental information on general biological principles, the operation of natural selection, the evolution of social behavior, the formation of vocal dialects, colony development, and population changes over time. The book will be a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers of marine mammal behavior and reproductive life history as well as for amateur naturalists interested in these fascinating animals.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2021
Authors:	Bernard J.Le Boeuf
Dimensions:	251 x 175 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	350
ISBN-13:	978-1-316-51154-1
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Hydrobiology > Marine biology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal behaviour Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal ecology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Vertebrates > General Promotions
LSN:	1-316-51154-5
Barcode:	9781316511541

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