Origins, age composition and change in numbers of moulting southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina L.) in the Windmill Islands, Vincennes Bay, east Antarctica, 1988-2001

Wildlife Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-280

  Van Den Hoff, John ^a   Davies, Rupert ^a   Burton, Harry ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; MOLT; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE;

ANTARCTICA;

ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0043069637     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR01086     Document Type: Article

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