Estimating quasi-extinction risk of European harbour seals: Reply to Lonergan & Harwood (2003)

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 894-897

  Harding, Karin C ^a   Härkönen, Tero ^b   Pineda, Jesús ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOCA VITULINA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0141483595     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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