Mating System of the California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)Biology 342, Fall 2014 |
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Labs studying California and Galápagos sea lion behavior and evolutionGerber Lab at Arizona State University, USA Wolf Lab at Uppsala University, Sweden Relevant Wikipedia Pages alternate mating strategy |