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Physiology of behaviour in pinnipeds

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The Behaviour of Pinnipeds

Abstract

Behaviour is an evolutionarily labile species trait that responds to environmental opportunity within the constraints imposed by evolutionarily more conservative traits such as anatomy and physiology. Because of their different degrees of adaptation to a marine environment, pinnipeds provide an interesting group in which to look at these relationships between physiological constraints and environmental opportunities. Although behaviour is shaped by the interaction between environment and physiology, it in tum influences physiology and restricts the environments to which the animals are exposed. This chapter looks at the interplay between anatomy, physiology, environment and behaviour in producing the social and individual behaviours observed in a broad range of pinnipeds. Because pinniped behaviour and environmental parameters are more easily observed than physiological mechanisms are delineated, the contribution of physiology must often be inferred by comparison with animals from other orders.

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Wartzok, D. (1991). Physiology of behaviour in pinnipeds. In: Renouf, D. (eds) The Behaviour of Pinnipeds. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3100-1_5

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