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Bengtson, John L. (detail)
   
1982
Ecology of manatees (Trichechus manatus) in the St. Johns River, Florida. [Abstr.]
Dissert. Abstrs. Internatl., B. Sci. Eng. 42(12): 4668. June 1982.
–Describes daily and seasonal movements in response to temperature; reports that males patrol large ranges in search of estrous females, which have relatively small home ranges; mentions observations on daily activity patterns; suggests that behavioral tradition may be important in manatee populations; and reports that manatees failed to show a preference among 4 species of food plants offered them in experimental trials.

Related Index Records (8)

Behavior (General and Miscellaneous)
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding; Captivity, Sirenians in; Locomotion; Migration and Movements; Sound Production; Respiration and Diving; and under species)
  x 1982 Bengtson, J.L. (TM; Florida; daily activity patterns; role of behavioral tradition; 4668.)

Behavior, Agonistic and Territorial
  x 1982 Bengtson, J.L. (TM; Florida; sex difference in size of home ranges; 4668.)

Behavior, Sexual
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding)
  x 1982 Bengtson, J.L. (TM; Florida; males patrolling large ranges in search of estrous females; 4668.)

Florida
  x 1982 Bengtson, J.L. (TML; St. Johns R.; ecology & behavior; 4668.)

Food
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Ingestive; Captivity, Sirenians in; Digestive System; Food Plants; Weed Control) (NOTE: Plants reported as part of the captive but not the natural diet of sirs. will not necessarily be found under Food Plants. Papers referring to them are, however, indexed here.)
  x 1982 Bengtson, J.L. (TML; St. Johns R., Florida; food preferences; 4668.)

Migration and Movements
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Aggregative; Behavior, Shelter-seeking; Locomotion; Temperature, Effects of)
  x 1982 Bengtson, J.L. (TML; St. Johns R., Florida; seasonal movements; 4668.)

Temperature, Effects of
(SEE ALSO: Behavior, Shelter-seeking or Escape; Migration & Movements; Natural Death or Injury; Pollution, Effects of; Thermoregulation)
  x 1982 Bengtson, J.L. (TML; St. Johns R., Florida; movements; 4668.)

Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758
  x 1982 Bengtson, J.L. (St. Johns R., Florida; ecology & behavior; 4668.)


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