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Territorial behaviour in the Western Atlantic Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Author(s) -
Cameron Austin W.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1971.tb01328.x
Subject(s) - biology , seal (emblem) , range (aeronautics) , ecology , zoology , fishery , geography , archaeology , materials science , composite material
Virtually all published accounts of territorial behaviour in the Grey seal apply to breeding males only. Long‐range field studies reveal, however, that lactating cows also maintain territories for a period of several weeks. During the summer months, adults and sub‐adults have specific resting places to which they return each day at low water and which they defend against other individuals of their own species.