Estimation of juvenile survival, adult survival, and age-specific pupping probabilities for the female grey seal (Halichoerus gryprus) on Sable Island from capture-recapture data

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 247-253

  Schwarz, Carl J ^a   Stobo, Wayne T ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CANADA; SEAL; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PINNIPED; SURVIVAL;

HALICHOERUS GRYPRUS;

EID: 0034029886     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-259     Document Type: Article

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