A new birth-interval approach to estimating demographic parameters of humpback whales

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 535-546

  Barlow, Jay ^a   Clapham, Phillip J ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR COASTAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth intervals; Birth rate; Demography; Fecundity; Growth rate; Humpback whale; Megaptera novacangliae; Modelling; Population; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INTERVALS; HUMPBACK WHALE; HUMPBACK WHALES; INTERBIRTH INTERVAL; MAMMALS; MODELLING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

GULF OF MAINE;

MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE;

EID: 0030616872     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[0535:ANBIAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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