Evaluation of age- and sex-dependent rates of tag loss in southern elephant seals

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 373-380

  Pistorius, Pierre A ^a   Bester, Marthàn N ^a   Kirkman, Stephen P ^a   Boveng, Peter L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Marion Island; Mark recapture; Mark resight; Maximum likelihood; Mirounga leonine; Southern elephant seals; Tag loss; Tag shedding

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; PINNIPED; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TAGGING;

INDIAN OCEAN; MARION ISLAND;

ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0034005044     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803235     Document Type: Article

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