Elephant Seals: Pushing the Limits on Land and at Sea - Couverture rigide

Le Boeuf, Bernard J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1316511545 ISBN 13 : 9781316511541

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2021

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Bernard J. Le Boeuf is Emeritus Professor of Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is considered one of the pioneers of the field of marine mammal behavior, known particularly for his studies of seal social behavior, diving behavior, diving physiology and migration. He has published widely on topics in reproductive behavior, ecology and behavioral biology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1316511545
• ISBN 13: 9781316511541
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 350
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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