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Individual size, sex, and rearing environment impact on aggression in newly weaned seals

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Robinson, Kelly J., Pomeroy, Patrick P., Hazon, Neil, Moss, Simon, Twiss, Sean D. (2017): Individual size, sex, and rearing environment impact on aggression in newly weaned seals. Marine Mammal Science 33 (2): 621-629, DOI: 10.1111/mms.12367, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mms.12367

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