Seasonal oscillation in shore attendance and transience of New Zealand fur seals

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 814-823

  Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a   Lalas, Chris ^b   Perriman, Lyndon ^c   Harcourt, Robert G ^d   Best, Hugh ^c   Davis, Lloyd S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Box 31 ^*  (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAULOUT BEHAVIOUR; PINNIPED; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO PENINSULA; SOUTH ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; ARCTOCEPHALUS FORSTERI; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0033306002     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-033     Document Type: Article

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