Backcasting population sizes of ringed and grey seals in the Baltic and Lake Saimaa during the 20th century

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 65-73

  Kokko, Hanna ^a   Helle, Eero ^b   Lindström, Jan ^a   Ranta, Esa ^c   Sipilä, Tero ^d   Courchamp, Franck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE MAMMAL; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE;

BALTIC SEA; FINLAND;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS;

EID: 0032773458     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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