Estimating the demographic effective population size of the Saimaa ringed seal (Phoca hispida saimensis Nordq.)

Animal Conservation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-54

  Kokko, Hanna ^a,d   Lindström, Jan ^a   Ranta, Esa ^a   Sipilä, Tero ^b   Koskela, Jouni ^c  

^a Division of Population Biology   (Finland)

^b Metsahallitus Finland   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOCA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; PUSA HISPIDA SAIMENSIS;

EID: 0006672246     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943098001061     Document Type: Article

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