Population status and breeding season chronology of Heard Island fur seals

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 219-224

  Page, Brad ^a   Welling, Andrew ^a   Chambellant, Magaly ^b   Goldsworthy, Simon D ^a   Dorr, Tony ^c   Van Veen, Rick ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ctr d'Etud Biologiques de Chize   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; PINNIPED; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; GAZELLA; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 0038339462     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0478-z     Document Type: Article

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