Clustering of colonies in an expanding population of New Zealand fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-112

  Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a,c   Lalas, Chris ^b   Thompson, Caryn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Box 31 ^*  (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus forsteri; Colony clustering; New Zealand fur seal; Philopatry; Re colonization; Spill over

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COLONY; PINNIPED; POPULATION GROWTH;

ARCTOCEPHALUS FORSTERI;

EID: 0033961432     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836900001096     Document Type: Article

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