Phone/email​

(831) 426 6203

(831) 227 5096 cell

leboeuf@ucsc.edu

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Employment History

2015-present Professor Emeritus in Biology and Institute of Marine Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz

2004-2015 Director, Aligned Research Program of the University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) at NASA Ames

2012-2015 Member of the Silicon Valley Initiative of the University of California, Santa Cruz

2014 Director, Advanced Studies Laboratory of the University of California, Santa Cruz, at NASA Ames

2010 Managing Director, University Affiliated Research Center 

2001-2015 Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of California

1999-2000 Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, University of California, Santa Cruz

1994-2011 Research Professor of Biology University of California, Santa Cruz.

1977-1994 Professor of Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz. Associate Professor from 1971-1977 and Assistant Professor from 1967-1971-1985 (Summer) Visiting Professor of Biology, Large Animal Research Group, Department of Zoology, Cambridge University

1972 (Spring) Visiting Associate Professor Biology, Harvard University

1966-67 Lecturer in Animal Behavior and Post-graduate Research in Animal Behavior, University of California, Davis

 

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Education​

Ph.D.    1966 University of California, Berkeley

M.A.     1962 San Francisco State University, San Francisco

B.A.      1960 University of California, Berkeley

 

Research Expeditions

Chief Scientist on 16 National Science Foundation sponsored expeditions aboard Scripps Institution of Oceanography R/V Ellen B. Scripps or Robert G. Sproul to Mexican Islands in the Sea  of  Cortez, Pacific  Coast  of Baja California, and  Yucatan  Peninsula; central  California  islands, Vancouver  Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands,  British Columbia  (1975-1992). Chief Scientist on expedition to the Galapagos Islands, sponsored by the National Geographic Society, aboard the private vessel, Mystique (1988).   Seven research   expeditions to Peninsula Valdes, Argentina, sponsored by NSF, Wildlife Conservation International of the N.Y.  Zoological Society, or National Geographic Society (1972-1987).  Twelve expeditions to the Channel Islands in southern California (1968-1974).  Monthly surveys of pinnipeds on Santa Catalina Island (2000).​

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Grants, Contracts, Gifts, Honors

National Science Foundation grants

13 awards continuous from 1972 to 2000 for research on the biology of elephant seals 

 

Other Grants 

32 awards from agencies such as National Geographic Society, Office of Naval Research, Packard Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, UC Mexus, Minerals Management Service, Subantarctic Committee on Antarctic Research, Wildlife Conservation International of the New York Zoological Society, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Owings Foundation on diverse studies of marine mammals 

 

Contracts

6 contracts from Southwest Fisheries Center (NOAA) and the Bureau of Land Management on marine mammal and seabird surveys 

 

Gifts

12 gifts from the G. MacGowan estate, G. Malloch, S. Newby and R. Gantt for studies of marine and white sharks 

 

Consulting and advising

Consultant: 1997 to 2000: 

Mitsubishi Corporation, 

Latham & Watkins, 

Ropes & Gray, 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

 

Scientific advisor to the Marine Mammal Commission, 1989-1993. 

NSF review panel on Population Biology and Physiological Ecology, 1991.

Member of the board of editors of the journal, Marine Mammal Science, and letters editor, 1989-1995

Advisory Board: Journal of Ethology, 1999 to present

NSF review panel in Polar Biology, 1987

Trustee, UC Santa Cruz Foundation, 1996-2002

 

Honors and Associations

Member, Association of University Technology Managers

Member, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences

Founding member and present member, Society for Marine Mammalogy

Fellow, California Academy of Sciences

Community award, Sequoia Audubon Society

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Publications

 

Books

Le Bœuf, B.J. 2025. The Quest for Darwinian Fitness: A Case Study of Elephant Seals. Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-83015-0

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 2021.  Elephant Seals: Pushing the Limits on Land and at Sea.  Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.  DOI: 10.1017/9781009052085

 

Le Bœuf de Montegut, Bernard. 2018.  Alcina: Sorceress for Life.  Amazon, Santa Cruz, CA.  ISBN978-1-9802-8419-2

 

Miller, R.C. and Le Boeuf, B.J. (eds.) 2009. Developing University-Industry Relations: Pathways to Innovation from the West Coast. Jossey-Bass, a Wiley Imprint, San Francisco, California, 152 pp.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and R.M. Laws (eds). 1994.  Elephant Seals: Population Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology.  University of California Press, Los Angeles.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and S. Kaza. (eds.) 1981.  The Natural History of Año Nuevo. The Boxwood Press, Pacific Grove, California.

 

Research articles 

Beltran,R.S., Payne, A.R., Kilpatrick, A.M., Hale, C.M., Reed, M., Hazen, E.L., Bograd, S.J., Jouma’a, J., Robinson, P.W., Houle, E., Matern, W., Sabah, A., Lewis, K., Sebandal, S., Coughlin, A., Heredia, N.V., Penny, F., Dalrymple, S.R., Penny, H., Sherrier, M., Peterson, B., Reiter, J., Le Boeuf, B.J., Costa, D.P. 2025. Elephant seals as ecosystem sentinels for the northeast Pacific Ocean twilight zone. Science 387: 764-767

 

Hoelzel, A.R., Gkafas, G.A., Kang, H., Sarigol, F., Le Boeuf, B., Costa, D.P., Beltran, R., Reiter, J., Robinson, P.W., McInerney, N., Seim, I., Sun, S. Fan, G. and Li, S. (2024). Genomics of post-bottleneck recovery in the northern elephant seal. Nature Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02337-4

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and Naito, Y. 2022. Dive types matter: They reveal the foraging ecology of elephant Seals.  Pp 441-480 In: Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Phocids (eds. D. P. Costa and E. A. McHuron). In Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals (Series editor: Bernd Würsig).  Springer Nature, Switzerland. ISBN: 978-3-030-88923-4  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88923-4_12

 

Condit R, Allen SG, Costa DP, Codde S, Goley PD, Le Boeuf BJ, et al. 2022. Estimating population size when individuals are asynchronous: A model illustrated with northern elephant seal breeding colonies. PLoS ONE 17(1): e0262214. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262214

 

Condit, R., Allen, S.G., Costa, D.P., Codde, S., Goley, P.D., Le Boeuf, B.J., Lowry, M., and Morris, P. 2021. Estimating the number of breeding females in an elephant seal colony from a single census. bioRxiv preprint  https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.01.368605

 

Campagna, C., Le Boeuf, B., and Bisioli, C. 2021. Mating games and raiding parties in Southern Sea Lions. Pp 183- 203 In: C. Campagna, R. Harcourt (eds.), Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Otariids and the Odobenid, In Ethology and Behavioral Ecology of Marine Mammals (Series editor: Bernd Würsig).  Springer Nature, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59184-7_9

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., R. Condit and J. Reiter. 2019. Lifetime reproductive success of northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) Can. J. Zool. 97: 1203-1217. https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjz-2019-0104

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Casey C., Reichmuth C., Costa, D.P., and Le Boeuf B. 2018 The rise and fall of dialects in northern elephant seals. Proc. R. Soc. B 285: 20182176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2176

 

Campagna, C, D. Guevara, and B. Le Boeuf.  2017. Sustainable development as deus ex machina.  Biological Conservation. 209, 54-61. 

 

Campagna, C, D. Guevara, and B. Le Boeuf.  2017.  De-scenting Extinction: The Promise of De-extinction May Hasten Continuing Extinctions, In:  Recreating the Wild: De-extinction, Technology, and the Ethics of Conservation, special report, Hastings Center Report 47, no. 4 (2017): S49’S53/ DOI: 10.1002/hast.752

 

Lowry, M.S., Condit, R., Hatfield, B., Allen, S.G., Berger, R., Morris, P.A., Le Boeuf, B.J. and Reiter, J. 2014.  Abundance, distribution, and population growth of the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) in the United States from 1991 to 2010.  Aquatic Mammals 40(1), 20-31. 

 

Condit, R., J., Reiter, J., Morris, P.A, Berger, R, Allen, S.G. and Le Boeuf, B.J. 2014. Lifetime survival rates and senescence in northern elephant seals. Marine Mammal Science 30(1):122-138. 

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Le Boeuf, B.J. and C. Campagna. 2013. Wildlife viewing spectacles: best practices from elephant seal (Mirounga sp.) colonies. Aquatic Mammals 39(2), 132-146.  

 

Riofrio-Lazo, M., Aurioles-Gamboa, D. and Le Boeuf, B.J. 2012.  Ontogenetic changes in feeding habits of northern elephant seals revealed by δ15N and δ13C analysis of growth layers in teeth.  Marine Ecology Progress Series.  450: 229–241.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., Condit, R., Morris, P.A., and Reiter, J. 2011.  The northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) rookery at Año Nuevo: A case study in colonization. Aquatic Mammals. 37(4), 486-501.

 

Miller, R.C. and Le Boeuf, B.J. (eds.) Developing University-Industry Relations: Pathways to Innovation from the West Coast. Jossey-Bass, a Wiley Imprint, San Francisco, 2009, 152 pp.

 

Gallo-Reynoso, J.P., Figueroa-Carranza, A., and Le Boeuf, B.J. 2008.  Foraging behavior of lactating Guadalupe fur seal females.  Pp 595-614 In: Lorenzo, C., Espinosa, E. and Ortega, J. (eds.) Avances en el Estudio de los Mamíferos de México. Volumen II. Editora Alternativa Periodistica, S.A de C.V., Gustavo A. Madero, México, D.F.

 

Hassrick, J.L., Crocker, D.E., Zeno, R.L., Blackwell, S.B. Costa, D.P., Le Boeuf, B.J. 2007.  Swimming speed and forging strategies of northern elephant seals. Deep-Sea Res. II 54: 369-383.

 

Condit, R., B. J. Le Boeuf, P.A. Morris, and M. Sylvan. 2007. Estimating population size in asynchronous aggregations: a Bayesian approach and test with elephant seal censuses.  Marine Mammal Science 23(4): 834-855.

 

David Aurioles, Paul L. Koch, and Burney J. Le Boeuf.  2006.  Differences in foraging location of Mexican and California elephant seals: evidence from stable isotopes in pups.  Marine Mammal Science 22(2): 326-338. 

 

Debier, C., C. Chalon, B.J. Le Boeuf, T. de Tillesse, Y Larondelle, J.P. Thomé.  2006. Mobilization of PCBs from blubber to blood in northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) during the post-weaning fast.  Aquatic Toxicology 80, 149-157. 

 

Hayes, S.A., D.E. Pearse, D.P.Costa, J.T. Harvey, B.J. Le Boeuf, and J. C. Garza. 2006. Mating system and reproductive success in eastern Pacific harbour seals.  Molecular Ecology 15: 3023-3034.

 

Hall, B.L., A.R. Hoelzel, C. Baroni, G.H. Denton, B.J. Le Boeuf, 

B.Overturf, and A.L. Töpf.  2006.  Holocene elephant seal distribution implies warmer-than-present climate in the Ross Sea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(27): 10213-10217.

 

Crocker, D.E., D.P. Costa, B.J. Le Boeuf, P.M. Webb, and D.S. Houser. 2006. Impact of El Niño on the foraging behavior of female northern elephant seals. Marine Ecology Progress Series 309 : 1-10.

 

Gallo-Reynoso JP, Le Boeuf BJ, Figueroa Carranza AL, Maravilla Chávez, MO : Los pinnipedos de Isla Guadalupe. In Isla Guadalup: Restauración y Conservación. Edited by Santos del Prado K, Peters E. México, D.F.: Instituto Nacional de Ecologia (INE-Semarnat); 2005: 171-201.

 

Debier, C., Le Boeuf, B.J., Ikonomou, M.G., de Tillesse, T. Larondelle, Y. and Ross, P.S. 2005. Polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins and furans in weaned northern elephant seal pups from central California, USA. .  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24: 629-633.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and D. E. Crocker. 2005. Ocean climate and seal condition. BMC Biology 3: 9.  http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/3/9

 

Debier, C, Ylitalo, G.M., Weise, M., Gulland, F., Costa, D.P., Le Boeuf, B.J., de Tillesse, T. and Larondelle, Y. 2005. PCBs and DDT in the serum of juvenile California sea lions: associations with vitamins A and E and thyroid hormones. Environmental Pollution 134: 323-332
 

Kannan, K. Kajiwara, N., Le Boeuf, B.J., Tanabe, S.  2004. Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in California sea.    Environmental Science 131: 425-434.

 

Hayes, S.A, D.P. Costa, J.T. Harvey, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 2004. Aquatic mating strategies of the male Pacific Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardii): Are males defending the hotspot? Marine Mammal Science 20: 639-656.

 

Hayes, S., A. Kumar, D.P. Costa, D.K. Mellinger, J.T. Harvey, B.L. Southall, and B.J. Le Boeuf.  2004. Evaluating the function of the male harbour seal, Phoca vitulina, roar through playback experiments. Animal Behaviour 67:1133-1139.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J.  2004. Hunting and migratory movements of white sharks in the eastern North Pacific.  Memoirs of the National Institute of Polar Research 58: 89-100.   

 

Costa, D.P., D.E. Crocker, J. Gedamke, P.M. Webb, D.S. Houser, S.B. Blackwell, D. Waples, S.A. Hayes, and B.J. Le Boeuf.  2003. The effect of a low frequency sound source (acoustic thermometry of the ocean climate) on the diving behavior of juvenile northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113 (2): 1-11.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., J. Giesy, K. Kannan, N. Kajiwara, S. Tanabe, and C. Debier.  2002.  Organochloride pollutants in California sea lions revisited.  BMC Ecology 2:11-18.

 

Hoelzel, A.R., R.C. Fleischer, C. Campagna, B. Le Boeuf, and G. Alvord.   2002. Impact of a population bottleneck on symmetry and genetic diversity in the northern elephant seal. Journal of Evolutionary

Biology 15(4):567-575.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 2002. Status of pinnipeds on Santa Catalina Island. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 53(2):11-21.  

 

Southall, K.D., G.W. Oliver, J.W. Lewis, B.J. Le Boeuf, D.H. Levinson, and B.L. Southall. 2002. Visual pigment sensitivity in three deep diving marine mammals.  Marine Mammal Science 18(1):275-281. 

 

Boustany, A.M., S.F. Davis, P. Pyle, S.D. Anderson, B.J. Le Boeuf, and B.A. Block. 2002. Expanded niche for white sharks. Nature 415:35-36.

 

Pitcher, K.W., V.N. Burkanov, D.G. Calkins, B.J. Le Boeuf, E.G. Mamaev, R.L. Merrick, and G.W. Pendleton. 2001. Spatial and temporal variation in the timing of births of Steller sea lions. Journal of Mammalogy 82(4):1047-1053. 

 

Crocker, D.E., J.D. Williams, D.P. Costa, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 2001. Maternal traits and reproductive effort in northern elephant seals. Ecology 82(12):3541-3555.

 

Boehlert, G.W., D. P. Costa, D. E. Crocker, P. Green, T. O'Brien, S. Levitus, and B. J. Le Boeuf.  2001. Autonomous pinniped environmental

samplers: using instrumented animals as oceanographic data collectors.  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.   18 (11): 1882-1893.

 

Davis, R.W., L.A. Fuiman, T.M. Williams, and B.J. Le Boeuf.  2001. Three-dimensional movements and swimming activity of a northern elephant seal.  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A 129:759-770.

 

Thornton, S.J., D.M. Spielman, N.J. Pelc, W.F. Block, D.E. Crocker, D.P. Costa, B.J. Le Boeuf and P.W. Hochachka.  2001.  Effects of forced diving on the spleen and hepatic sinus in northern elephant seal pups. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.  98:9413-9418.

 

Klimley, A.P., B.J. Le Boeuf, K.M. Cantara, J.E. Richert, S.F. Davis, S. Van Sommeran, J. T. Kelley.  2001. The hunting strategy of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) near a seal colony. Marine Biology 138:617-636.

 

Klimley, A.P., B.J. Le Boeuf, K.M. Cantara, J. E. Richert, S.F. Davis, S. Van Sommeran.  2001.  Radio-acoustic positioning as a tool for studying site-specific behavior of the white shark and other large marine species.  Marine Biology 138 : 429-446.   

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., H. Pérez-Cortés, J. Urbán R., B.R. Mate, and F. Ollervides U. 2000. High gray whale mortality and low recruitment in 1999: potential causes and implications. J. Cetacean Res. Manage 2(2):85-99.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., D.E. Crocker, J. Grayson, J. Gedamke, P.M. Webb, S.B. Blackwell, and D.P. Costa. 2000. Respiration and heart rate at the surface between dives in northern elephant seals. Journal of Experimental Biology 203:3265-3274.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., D.E. Crocker, D.P. Costa, S.B. Blackwell, P.M. Webb, and D.S. Houser. 2000. Foraging ecology of northern elephant seals. Ecological Monographs. 70(3):353-382.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 2000.  Salven a los anfípodos. Letras Libres. March, 2 pp. 

 

Andrews, R.D., D.P. Costa, B.J. Le Boeuf, and D.R. Jones. 2000. Breathing frequencies of northern elephant seals at sea and on land revealed by heart rate spectral analysis. Respiration Physiology 123:71-85.

 

Williams, T.M., R.W. Davis, L.A. Fuiman, J. Francis, B.J. Le Boeuf, M. Horning, J. Calambokidis, and D. Croll. 2000. Sink or swim: Strategies of cost-efficient diving by marine mammals. Science 288:133-136.

 

Hoelzel, A.R., B.J. Le Boeuf, J. Reiter, and C. Campagna. 1999. Alpha male paternity in elephant seals. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 46:298-306.

 

Blackwell, S.B., C.A. Haverl, B.J. Le Boeuf, and D.P.Costa. 1999.  A method for calibrating swim-speed recorders.  Marine Mammal Science 15: 894-905.

 

Burgess, W.C., P.L. Tyack, B.J. Le Boeuf, and D.P. Costa. 1998.  A programmable acoustic recording tag and first results from free-ranging northern elephant seals. Deep-Sea Research, Part II – Topical Studies in Oceanography. 45: 1327-1351.

 

Crocker, D.E., P.M. Webb, D.P. Costa, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1998. Protein catabolism and renal function in lactating northern elephant seals.  Physiological Zoology 71:485-491.

 

Webb, P.M., D.E. Crocker, S.B. Blackwell, D.P. Costa, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1998. Effects of buoyancy on the diving behavior of northern elephant seals. J. Exp. Biol. 201:2349-2358.  

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1998. North American Pinnipeds. Pp 130-147 In:  Wild Animals of North America. The Book Division, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.

 

Bernardi, G., S.R. Fain, J.P. Gallo-Reynoso, A.L. Figueroa-Carranza, and B. J. Le Boeuf. 1998. Genetic variability in Guadalupe fur seals. The Journal of Heredity 89:301-305.

 

Campagna, C., F. Quintana, B.J. Le Boeuf, S.B. Blackwell, and D.E. Crocker. 1998. Diving behaviour and foraging ecology of female southern elephant seals from Patagonia.  Aquatic Mammals 24(1):1-11.

 

Oliver, G.W., P.A. Morris, P.H. Thorson, and B.J. Le Boeuf.  1998. Homing behavior of juvenile northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris.  Marine Mammal Science 14:245-256.

 

Klimley, A.P., F. Voegeli, S.C. Beavers, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1998. Automated listening stations for tagged marine fishes. Marine Technology Society Journal. 32:94-101.

 

Mesnick, S.L., M. del Carmen García Rivas, B.J. Le Boeuf, and S.M. Peterson. 1998. Northern elephant seals in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Marine Mammal Science 14(1):171-178.

 

Webb, P.M., R.D. Andrews, D.P. Costa, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1998. Heart rate and oxygen consumption of northern elephant seals during diving in the laboratory. Can. J. Zool.  71 (1):116-125.

 

Costa, D.P., D.E. Crocker, D.M. Waples, P.M. Webb, J. Gedamke, D.S. Houser, P.D. Goley, B.J. Le Boeuf, and J. Calambokidis. 1998. The California Marine Mammal Research Program of the Acoustic Thermometry of Ocean Climate Experiment: Potential effects of low frequency sound on the distribution and behavior of marine mammals. California and the World Ocean Symposium volume.  Pp 1542-1553. 

 

Costa, D.P., D.E. Crocker, and B. Le Boeuf. 1997. The effects of low frequency sounds on pinnipeds. Pages 95-106 in G. Stone, J. Goebel, and S. Webster. Pinniped populations, Eastern North Pacific: Status, trends, and issues. A symposium of the American Fisheries Society 127th Annual Meeting in Monterey, California, August 28, 1997, New England Aquarium, Boston.  

 

Andrews, R. D., D.R. Jones, J.D. Williams, P.H. Thorson, G.W. Oliver, D.P. Costa, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1997.  Heart rates of northern elephant seals diving at sea and resting on the beach.  J. Exper. Biol. 200:2083-2095. 

 

Crocker, D.E., B.J. Le Boeuf and D.P. Costa.  1997. Drift diving in northern elephant seals: implications for food processing. Can. J. Zool. 75:27-39.

 

Burgess, W.C., P.L. Tyack, B.J. Le Boeuf, and D.P. Costa. 1996. Acoustic measurement of cardiac function on northern elephant seals.  J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 100 (4): 2709.

 

Costa, D.P., D.E. Crocker, D. Croll, D. Goley, D. Hauser, B.J. Le Boeuf, D. Waples, P. Webb. and J. Calamabokidus. 1996.  Effects of the California ATOC experiment on marine mammals. J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 100 (4):2581.

 

Fletcher, S., B.J. Le Boeuf, D.P. Costa, P. L. Tyack, and S.B. Blackwell. 1996. Onboard acoustic recording from diving elephant seals. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 100 (4):2531-2539.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and D.E. Crocker. 1996. Diving behavior of elephant seals: implications for predator avoidance.  Pp 193-205 In P. Klimley and D. Ainley (eds.) Great White Sharks: The Biology of Carcharodon carcharias, Academic Press, New York.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., P.A. Morris, S.B. Blackwell, D.E. Crocker, and D.P. Costa. 1996. Diving behavior of juvenile northern elephant seals. Can. J. Zool. 74: 1632-1644.

 

Baldi, R., C. Campagna, S., Pedraza, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1996. Social effects of space availability on the breeding behaviour of elephant seals in Patagonia.  Animal Behavior 51: 717-724.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1995. Behavioral issues in returning marine mammals to their habitat. Pp 62-70 In: D. J. St. Aubin, J.R. Geraci and V.J. Lounsbury, Rescue, Rehabilitation and Release of Marine Mammals: An Analysis of Current Views and Practices. Contract # T75136433, Marine Mammal Commission, Proceedings of a Workshop held Dec. 3-5, 1991, Des Plaines, Il. 

 

Lieberg-Clark, P., C.E. Bacon, S.A. Burns. W.M. Jarman, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1995. DDT in California Sea-lions: A follow-up study after twenty years. Marine Pollution Bulletin 30: 744-745. 

 

Campagna, C., B.J. Le Boeuf, S. Blackwell, D. Crocker, and F. Quintana. 1995. Diving behavior and foraging location of female southern elephant seals from Patagonia.  J. Zool. Lond. 236: 55-71.

 

Haley, M.P., C.J. Deutsch, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1994. Size, dominance, and copulatory success in male northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris.  Anim. Behav. 48:1249-1260.

 

Hakoyama, H., B.J. Le Boeuf, Y. Naito, and W. Sakamoto. 1994. Diving behavior in relation to ambient water temperature in northern elephant seals. Can. J. Zool. 1994, 72:643-651.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and R.M. Laws (eds). 1994.  Elephant Seals: Population Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology.  University of California Press, Los Angeles.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and R.M. Laws. 1994.  Elephant seals: an introduction to the genus.  Pp 1-16 In: B. J. Le Boeuf and R.M. Laws (eds).  Elephant Seals: Population Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology.  University of California Press, Los Angeles.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1994.  Variation in the diving pattern of northern elephant seals with age, mass, sex, and reproductive condition. Pp 237-252 In: B. J. Le Boeuf and R.M. Laws (eds).  Elephant Seals: Population Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology.  University of California Press, Los Angeles.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., P. Morris and J. Reiter. 1994.  Juvenile survivorship of northern elephant seals from Año Nuevo. Pp 121-136 In B. J. Le Boeuf and R.M. Laws (eds).  Elephant Seals: Population Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology. University of California Press, Los Angeles.

 

Thorson, P., and B. J. Le Boeuf.  1994.  Developmental aspects of diving in northern elephant seal pups. Pp 271-289 In B.J. Le Boeuf and R.M. Laws (eds).  Elephant Seals: Population Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology.  University of California Press, Los Angeles.

 

Stewart, B.S., P.K. Yochem, B.J. Le Boeuf, H.R. Huber, R.L. DeLong, R. Jameson, W. Sydeman, and S.G. Allen. 1994.  Population recovery and status of the northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris. Pp 29-48 In B.J. Le Boeuf and R.M. Laws (eds).  Elephant Seals: Population Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology.  University of California Press, Los Angeles.

 

Crocker, D.E., B.J. Le Boeuf, Y. Naito, T. Asaga, and D.P. Costa. 1994.  Swim speed and dive function in a female northern elephant seal. Pp 328-342 In B. J. Le Boeuf and R.M. Laws (eds).  Elephant Seals: Population Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology.  University of California Press, Los Angeles.

 

Deutsch, C., B.J. Le Boeuf, D.P. Costa and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1994.  Sex differences in reproductive effort in northern elephant seals.  Pp 169-210 In B. J. Le Boeuf and R.M. Laws (eds).  Elephant Seals: Population Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology.  University of California Press, Los Angeles.

 

Asaga, T., Y. Naito, B.J. Le Boeuf, and H. Sakurai. 1994. Functional analysis of dive types of female northern elephant seals. Pp. 310-327 In: B. J. Le Boeuf and R.M. Laws (eds).  Elephant Seals: Population Ecology, Behavior, and Physiology.  University of California Press, Los Angeles.

 

Aurioles G., D., B.J. Le Boeuf and L.T. Findley. 1993.  Registros de pinnipedos poco communes para el Golfo de California. Rev. Inv. Cient. Vol 1 (No. Esp. SOMMEMA 1), UABCS, 13-19.

 

Clinton, W.L. and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1993. Sexual selection's effects on male life history and the pattern of male mortality.  Ecology 74: 1884-1892.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., D. Crocker, S. Blackwell, P. Morris, and P. Thorson. 1993.  Sex differences in diving and foraging behaviour of northern elephant seals. In: Marine Mammals: Advances in Behavioural and Population Biology (ed.) I. Boyd., Symposia of the Zoological Society of London, 66: 149-178.  

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and C. Campagna. 1993. Protection and abuse of young in pinnipeds. In: The Protection and Abuse of Young in Animals and Man, (eds.) S. Parmigiani, B. Svare, and F. vom Saal. Harwood Academic Publishers, London.

 

Blackwell, S., and B. J. Le Boeuf. 1993.  Developmental aspects of the sleep apnea pattern in northern elephant seals. J. Zool. Lond.. 231: 437-447.

 

Hoelzel, A.R., J. Halley, S.J. O'Brien, C. Campagna, T. Arnbom, B. Le Boeuf, K. Ralls, and G.A. Dover. 1993.  Elephant seal genetic variation and the use of simulation models to investigate historical population bottlenecks.  J. Heredity 84: 443-449.

 

Barlow, J. P. Boveng, M.S. Lowry, B.S. Stewart, B.J. Le Boeuf, W.J. Sydeman, R.J. Jameson, S.G. Allen, and C.W. Oliver. 1993. Status of the northern elephant seal population along the U.S. West Coast in 1992. Southwest Fisheries Science Center Administrative Report LJ-93-01. 32 pp. 

 

Kretzmann, M., D.P. Costa, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1993.  Maternal energy investment in elephant seal pups: evidence for sexual equality.  Amer. Natur. 141:466-480.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., Y. Naito, T. Asaga, D. Crocker, and D.P. Costa. 1992. Swim speed in a female northern elephant seal: Metabolic and foraging implications. Can. J. Zool. 70, 786-795.

 

Worthy, G.A.J., P.A. Morris, D.P. Costa, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1992. Moult energetics of the northern elephant seal. J. Zool. Lond. 227, 257-265.

 

Campagna, C., B. Le Boeuf, M. Lewis, and C. Bisioli.  1992. Equal investment in male and female offspring in southern elephant seals. J. Zool. Lond. 226, 551-561.

 

Rose, N., C. Deutsch, and B. Le Boeuf. 1991. Sexual behavior of male northern elephant seals: III. The mounting of weaned pups. Behaviour 119, 171-192.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and J. Reiter. 1991.  Biological effects associated with El Niño, Southern Oscillation 1982-83, on northern elephant seals breeding at Año Nuevo, California.  Pp. 206-218 In F. Trillmich and K. Ono (eds.) Pinnipeds and El Niño: Responses to Environmental Stress.  Springer Verlag, Berlin.  

 

Aurioles, D., and B.J. Le Boeuf.  1991.  Effects of El Niño 1982-1983 on California sea lions in Mexico.  Pp. 112-118 In F. Trillmich and K. Ono (eds.) Pinnipeds and El Niño: Responses to Environmental Stress.  Springer Verlag, Berlin.  

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1991. The natural history of the northern elephant seal. Pp. 205 In F. Trillmich and K. Ono (eds.) Pinnipeds and El Niño: Responses to Environmental Stress.  Springer Verlag, Berlin.  

 

Trillmich, F., K.A. Ono, D.P. Costa, R.L. DeLong, S.D. Feldkamp, J.M. Francis, R.L. Gentry, C.B. Heath, B.J. Le Boeuf, P. Majluf, and A.E. York. 1991. The effects o f El Niño on pinniped populations in the Eastern Pacific. Pp. 247-270. In F. Trillmich and K. Ono (eds.) Pinnipeds and El Niño: Responses to Environmental Stress.  Springer Verlag, Berlin.  

 

Mesnick, S., and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1991. Sexual behavior of male northern elephant seals: II. Female response to potentially injurious encounters. Behaviour, 117:262-280. 

 

Haley, M., C.J. Deutsch, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1991.  A method for estimating mass of large pinnipeds.  Marine Mammal Science 7, 157-164.

 

Reiter, J., and B.J. Le Boeuf.  1991.  Life history consequences of variation in age at primiparity in northern elephant seals.  Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 28, 153-160.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1991.  Pinniped mating systems on land, ice, and in the water: emphasis on the phocidae.  In: D. Renouf (Ed.) Behaviour of pinnipeds, Chapman and Hall, New York.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and S. Mesnick. 1990. Sexual behavior of male northern elephant seals: I. Lethal injuries to adult females. Behaviour , 116, 143-162.

 

Deutsch, C., M. Haley, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1990.  Reproductive effort of male northern elephant seals: estimates from mass loss. Can. J. Zool. 68, 2580-2593.

 

Hoelzel, A.R. and B. J. Le Boeuf. 1990. Low variation in northern elephant seal fingerprints. Fingerprint News 2, 10. 

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1990.  Underwater acrobats. Anima, 216, 10-21 (in Japanese).  

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1990.  Resources then and now.  Pp 251-260 In: Geology and Tectonics of the Central California Coast Region, San Francisco to Monterey: Volume and Guidebook. (Edited by: R.E. Garrison, H.G. Greene, K.R. Hicks, G.E. Weber, and T.L. Wright) The Pacific Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bakersfield, California.

 

Sakamoto, W., Y. Naito, A.C. Huntley, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1989. Daily gross energy requirements of a female northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris, at sea.  Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi 55, 2057-2063.  

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., R. Condit and J. Reiter.  1989. Parental investment and the secondary sex ratio in northern elephant seals. Behav. Ecol. and Sociobiology, 25, 109-117.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., Y. Naito, A.C. Huntley, and T. Asaga. 1989. Prolonged, continuous deep diving by northern elephant seals.  Can. J. Zool. 67, 2514-2519.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1989. Incredible diving machines.  Natural History. February, 34-41.

 

Naito, Y., B.J. Le Boeuf, T. Asaga and A.C. Huntley. 1989. Long- term diving records of an adult female northern elephant seal.  Nankyoku Shiryo (Polar Rec.) 33, 1-9.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1989. Bad names and bloody noses. BBC Wildlife, 77, 144-149.

 

Campagna, C., and B.J. Le Boeuf.  1988. Pup abduction and infanticide in southern sea lions, Otaria byronia.  Behaviour, 107, 44-60.

 

Campagna, C., and B.J. Le Boeuf.  1988. Thermoregulatory behavior affects male mating behavior in southern sea lions, Otaria byronia.  Behaviour, 107, 72-90.  

 

Campagna, C., and B.J. Le Boeuf.  1988. Reproductive behavior of southern sea lions, Otaria byronia.  Behaviour 104: 233-261.

 

Campagna, C., L. Cappozzo and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1988. Group raids in southern sea lions, Otaria byronia.  Behaviour 105, 224-249.

 

Higgins, L.V., D.P. Costa, A.C. Huntley, and B.J. Le Boeuf.  1988. Behavioral and physiological measurements of maternal investment in the Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus.  Marine Mammal Science 4: 44-58.  

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and J. Reiter.  1988. Lifetime reproductive success in northern elephant seals.  Pp 344-362 In: T.H. Clutton-Brock (Ed.)  Reproductive Success. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.  

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., D.P. Costa, A.C. Huntley, and S.D. Feldkamp. 1988.  Continuous deep diving in female northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris. Can. J. Zool. 66: 446-458. 

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., J. McCosker, and J. Hewitt.  1987.  Crater wounds on northern elephant seals:  the cookie cutter shark strikes again.  Fishery_Bulletin, 85, 387-392.  

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1986.  (in Japanese) Reproduction in northern elephant seals.  Pp. 320-334 In: K. Wada (Ed.) The Care and Conservation of the Zenigata Seal.  Eastern Sea University Publishing Association, Sapporo, Japan.  See also: Lifetime Reproductive Success in Elephant Seals. 1986; J. Mammal. Soc. Japan 11: 127-146.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., D. Costa, T. Huntley and G.L. Kooyman. 1986.  Pattern and depth of dives in northern elephant seals.  J. Zool. Lond. 208, 1-7. 

 

Costa, D.P., B.J. Le Boeuf, C.L. Ortiz, and A.C. Huntley.  1986. The energetics of lactation in the northern elephant seal.  J. Zool. Lond. 209, 21-33.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J.  1986.  Sexual strategies of seals and walruses. The New Scientist, 1491, 36-39.  

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., K.W. Kenyon, B. Villa, and J.P. Gallo. 1986. The Caribbean monk seal is extinct.  Marine Mammal Science, 2, 70-72. 

 

Villa-R., J.P. Gallo-R. and B.J. Le Boeuf.  1985. La foca monje, Monachus tropicalis (Mammalia: Pinnidedia), definitivamente extinguida.  An. Inst. biol. Univ. Nal. Auton. Mex. Serie Zoologica (2) : 573-588.  

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and B. Wursig. 1985. Beyond bean counting and whale tales.   Marine Mammal Science, 1, 128-148. 

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1985. Elephant seals.  The Boxwood Press: Pacific Grove.  

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1984. Beach warfare: sexual conflict among northern elephant seals. Pp. 284-285 In D. Macdonald (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of Mammals Facts on File, Inc., New York.  

 

Keith, E.O., R. Condit, and B. J. Le Boeuf.  1984. California sea lions breeding at Año Nuevo Island, California. J. Mamm. 65, 281-290. 

 

Condit, R., and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1984. Feeding habits and feeding areas of the northern elephant seal. J. Mamm. 65, 281-290.

 

Ortiz, C.L., B.J. Le Boeuf, and D. Costa. 1984. Milk intake: an index of maternal investment in elephant seal pups. Amer. Naturalist, 124, 416-422.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and R.S. Condit.  1983. The high cost of living on the beach. Pacific Discovery. 36, 12-14.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1983.  Petition to list the Guadalupe Furs Seal, Arctocephalus townsendi, as an endangered species.  Submitted to the Department of Commerce for publication in the Federal Register.

 

Riedman, M.L. and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1982.  Mother-pup separation and adoption in northern elephant seals. Behav. Ecol. and Sociobiol. 11, 203-215. 

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., D. Aurioles, R. Condit, C. Fox, R. Gisiner, R. Romero and F. Sinsel.  1982. Size and distribution of the California sea lion population in Mexico. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 43, 77-85.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., M. Riedman and R.S. Keyes. 1982. Shark predation on pinnipeds in California coastal waters. Fisheries Bulletin. 80, 891-895.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1981. The elephant seal. pp 291-301 In P. Jewell (ed.) Problems in Management of Locally Abundant Wild Mammals. Academic Press.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and S. Kaza. (eds.) 1981.  The Natural History of Año Nuevo. The Boxwood Press, Pacific Grove, California. 

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1981. History. Pp. 1-60 In The Natural History of Año Nuevo. Le Boeuf, B.J. and Kaza, S. (eds.) The Boxwood Press, Pacific Grove, California.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1981 Mammals. Pp 287-325 In The Natural History of Año Nuevo. Le Boeuf, B.J. and Kaza, S. (eds.) The Boxwood Press, Pacific Grove, California. 

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1981. Elephant seals. Pp 326-374 In The Natural History of Año Nuevo. Le Boeuf, B.J. and Kaza, S. (eds.) The Boxwood Press, Pacific Grove, California. 

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and Kaza, S. 1981. Retrospective Pp375-388. In The Natural History of Año Nuevo. Le Boeuf, B.J. and Kaza, S. (eds.) The Boxwood Press, Pacific Grove, California. 

 

Reiter, J., K.J. Panken, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1981.  Female competition and reproductive success in northern elephant seals.  Anim. Behav. 29, 670-687.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and M.J. Bonnell. 1980. Pinnipeds of the California Channel Islands: abundance and distribution. pp. 475-493 In D. Power (ed.), The California Islands. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., R. Werts, J. Anderson and S. Kaza. 1980. Interpreting Año Nuevo. California State Department of Parks and Recreation Special Publication. 30 pp.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1980.  Marine mammals of the Central Coast.  Big Creek Lumber and Building Supplies 1980 Catalog and Price Guide. 9 pp.

 

Bonnell, M.L., B.J. Le Boeuf, M.O. Pierson, D.H. Dettman and G.D. Farrens.  1979.  Summary Report 1975-1978.  Marine Mammal and Seabird Surveys of the Southern California Bight Area. Vol. III. Pinnipeds. Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, Contract AA550-CT7-36 to Principal Investigators: Kenneth S. Norris (Cetacea), Burney J. Le Boeuf (Pinnipeds) and George L. Hunt, Jr. (Birds). 535 pp. 

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1979. Northern elephant seal. pp 110-114 In Anonymous (ed.) Mammals in the Seas. Vol. 2. Pinniped species summaries and report on Sirenians.  Annex B of the report of the FAO advisory committee on marine resources research working party on marine mammals.  Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations, Rome.

 

Reiter, J., N.L. Stinson, and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1978. Northern elephant seal development: the transition from weaning to nutritional independence.  Behav. Ecol. and Sociobiol. 3, 337-367. 

 

Ortiz, C.L., D. Costa and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1978.  Water and energy flux in elephant seal pups fasting under natural conditions.  Physiol. Zool. 51, 166-178.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and B.R. Mate. 1978. Elephant seals colonize additional California islands. J. Mammal. 59, 621-622. 

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1978. Sex and evolution. pp 3-34 In T. McGill, D. Dewsbury, and B. Sachs (eds.) Sex and Behavior: Status and Prospectus, Plenum Publishing Co. 

 

Christenson, T.E. and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1978. Aggression in the female northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris. Behaviour. 64, 158-172.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1978. Social behavior in some marine and terrestrial carnivores. pp 251-279 In E. Reese and F. Lighter (eds.) Contrasts in Behavior. John Wiley and Sons.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and K.J. Panken. 1977. Elephant seals breeding on the California mainland. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 41, 267-280.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and C.L. Ortiz. 1977.  Composition of elephant seal milk. J. Mammal. 58, 684-685.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and K.T. Briggs. 1977. The cost of living in a seal harem. Mammalia. 41, 167-195.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1977. Back from extation? Pacific Discovery. 30, 1-9.

 

Cox, C.R. and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1977. Female incitation of male competition: a mechanism in sexual selection. Amer. Natur. 111, 317-335.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and L.F. Petrinovich. 1975.  Elephant seal dialects: Are they reliable?  Rapp. P. -v. Reun. Cons. int. Explor. Mer. 169, 213-218.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1975.  Punta del Ano Nuevo. pp 44-58 In Thymos: Preludes to Interdependence. Big Trees Press. Santa Cruz, Calif.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., D.A. Countryman and C.L. Hubbs. 1975. Records of elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris, on Los Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico, with recent analyses of the breeding population. Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 18, 1-7.

 

Briggs, G.D., R.V. Hendrickson and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1975. Ketamine immobilization of northern elephant seals. J. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 167, 546-548.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1974. Elephant seal as fighter and lover. Psychology Today. 8, 104-108.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1974. An island perspective. pp 28-35 In P. Scott and C. Wayburn (eds.) Images of the Northcoast. Big Trees Press. Felton, Calif.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and L.F. Petrinovich. 1974. Elephant seals: Interspecific comparisons of vocal and reproductive behavior. Mammalia. 38, 16-32.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1974. Male-male competition and reproductive success in elephant seals. Amer. Zool. 14, 163-176.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and L.F. Petrinovich. 1974. Elephant seal dialects: origin and reliability. Anim. Behav. 22, 656-663.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., D.G. Ainley and T.J. Lewis. 1974. Elephant seals on the Farallones: Population dynamics of an incipient colony. J. Mammal. 55, 370-385.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J., R.J. Whiting and R.F. Gantt. 1972. Perinatal behavior of northern elephant seal females and their young. Behaviour. 43, 121-156.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and M.L. Bonnell. 1971. DDT in California sea lions. Nature. 234, 108-110.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1972. Sexual behavior in the northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris. Behaviour. 41, 1-26.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1971. The aggression of the breeding bulls. Natural History. 130, 82-94.

 

Peeke, H.V.S., B.J. Le Boeuf and M.J. Herz. 1971.  The effect of strychnine administration during development on adult maze learning in the rat. II. Drug administration from day 51-70. Psychopharmacologia. 19, 262-265.

 

Brownell, R.L. Jr., and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1971. California sea lion mortality: natural or artifact? pp 287-305 In Biological and Oceanographical Survey of the Santa Barbara Channel Oil Spill, 1969-1970. Vol. I. Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1971. Oil contamination and elephant seal mortality: A "negative" finding. pp 277-285 In Biological and Oceanographical Survey of the Santa Barbara Channel Oil Spill, 1969-1970. Vol. I. Allan Hancock Foundation, University of Southern California.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1970. Copulatory and aggressive behavior in the prepuberally castrated dog. Hormones and Behavior. 1, 127-136.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and J.L. Allen. 1970. Prolonged reinstatement of sexual behavior in castrated male rats with ether of testosterone, SC-16148.  Hormones and Behavior. 1, 121-125.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and R.S. Peterson. 1969. Dialects in elephant seals. Science. 166, 1654-1656.

 

Peterson, R.S. and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1969. Population studies of seals and sea lions. pp 74-79 In Proc. 34th North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference. 

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and H.V.S. Peeke. 1969. The effect of strychnine administration during development on adult maze learning in the rat. Psychopharmacologica. 16, 49-53.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and R.S. Peterson. 1969. Social status and mating activity in elephant seals. Science. 163, 91-93.

 

Peterson, R.S. and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1969. Northern fur seals, (Callorhinus ursinus) breeding in California. Polar Record. 14, 684-686.

 

Peterson, R.S. and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1969. Fur seals in California. Pacific Discovery. 22, 12-15.

 

Peterson, R.S., B.J. Le Boeuf and R.L. DeLong. 1968. Fur seals from the Bering Sea breeding in California. Nature. 219, 899-901. 

 

Beach, F.A., C.M. Rodgers and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1968. Coital behavior in dogs: II. Effects of estrogen on mounting by females. J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 66, 296-307.

 

Beach, F.A. and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1967. Coital behaviour in dogs. I. Preferential mating in the bitch. Anim. Behav. 15, 546-558.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1967. Heterosexual attraction in dogs. Psychon. Sci. 7, 313-314. 

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1967. Interindividual associations in dogs. Behaviour. 29, 268-295. 

 

Wilson, J.R., N. Adler and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1965. The effects of intromission frequency on successful pregnancy in the female rat.  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 53, 1392-1395.

 

Abstracts, reviews, reprints, unpublished manuscripts

 

DDT Residues in California Sea Lions in the Southern California Bight. Unpublished manuscript, April 11, 2000, 20 pp.

 

Thornton, S.J., D.M. Spielman, W.F. Block, P.W. Hochachka, D.E. Crocker, B.J. Le Boeuf, D.P. Costa, D. Houser, S. Kohin, L.R. Pelc, N.J. Pelc. MR Imaging in a Diving Seal. Proc. Int. Soc. Of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 5th Mtg. (abstract).

 

Thornton, S.J., N.J. Pelc, D.M. Spielman, J.R. Liao, D.P. Costa, D.E. Crocker, D. Houser, S. Kohin, B.J. Le Boeuf, L.R. Peck, P.W. Hochachka.  Vascular Flow Dynamics in a Diving Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Proc. Int. Soc. Of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. 5th Mtg. (abstract).

 

Book review of Fur Seals: Maternal Strategies on Land and Sea. R.L. Gentry and G.L. Kooyman (Eds.), Princeton University Press, 1986.  National Geographic Research. 1987. 13: 9-10.  

 

Cox, C.R. and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1980. Female incitation of male competition: A mechanism in sexual selection. pp 320-338 In J.H. Hunt (ed.) Selected Readings in Sociobiology. McGraw-Hill, New York. 

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1977. Post-weaning development in elephant seals. The Behavior of Marine Organisms: Proceedings of the Annual Regional Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, Marine Sciences Research Laboratory Technical Report, No. 20, pp 268-269 (abstract).

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1974. Elephant seal as fighter and lover. Psychology Today, 8, 104-108. Reprinted in England, France, and Germany.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and R. S. Peterson. 1973. Social status and mating activity in elephant seals. pp    In T.E. McGill (ed.) Readings in Animal Behavior. Vol. II, 2nd Ed., Holt, Rinehardt and Winston.

 

Peeke, H.V.S., B.J. Le Boeuf and M.J. Herz. 1972. The effect of strychnine administration during development on adult maze learning in the rat. II: Drug administration from day 51 to 70. pp   In J.L. McGaugh and M.J. Herz (eds.) Memory Consolidation. Albion Pub. Co., San Francisco.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1971. Book review of Love and Hate by Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt. Holt, Rinehard and Winston. Psychology Today, 6, 12.

 

Beach, F.A. and B.J. Le Boeuf. 1970. Coital behavior in dogs. pp    In M.R. Ratner and S.C. Denny (eds.) Comparative Psychology. The Dorsey Press.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and R.S. Peterson. 1969. Dialects in elephant seals. pp 103-108 In Proc. 6th Annual Conference on Biosonar and Diving Mammals. Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, Calif. 

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. and R.S. Peterson. 1968. Social status and mating activity in elephant seals. Amer. Zool. 8, 39 (abstract).

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1968. The function of the genital lock in Canidae. Communications in Behavioral Biology, 1 (abstract).

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. 1965. Book review of Canine Behaviour by M.W. Fox. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. In The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 141, 384-385.
 

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Films

 

Consultant and participant in film, “Dobutsu Kisotangai” (Amazing Animals), Tokyo Broadcasting System network, 2003.

 

Consultant and participant in film, “Tracking the white shark”, National Geographic Society Discovery television show, 1999.

 

Consultant and participant in film, "Elephant seals: those magnificent diving machines", National Geographic Society Discovery television show, 1991.

 

Consultant to Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) film on elephant seal social behavior.

 

Consultant and participant in a film on elephant seals of Año Nuevo, "The Blubber Lovers", British Broadcasting System Natural History Unit.  Narrated by David Attenborough.  Aired in England, February 1989.  US rights by the National Geographic Society.

 

Consultant on BBC TV series, "Trials of Life", hosted by David Attenborough, 1987.  

 

Beach, F.A. and B.J. Le Boeuf. Sexual behavior in the dog.

 

Beach, F.A. and B.J. Le Boeuf. Maternal behavior in the dog.

 

Le Boeuf, B.J. Breeding behavior of the northern elephant seal.

 

Consultant on The Heavyweights. Anglia Film. London. Filmed by John Paling, Oxford Films Limited.

 

Consultant on The Return of the Elephant Seal, WHW Productions, Inc., San Francisco, California.  

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