Age- and sex-specific behaviour in harbour seals Phoca vitulina leads to biased estimates of vital population parameters

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 825-841

  Härkönen, Tero ^a,c   Hårding, Karin C ^a   Lunneryd, Sven Gunnar ^b  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age structure; Freeze branding; Growth rate; Sex ratio; True population size

Indexed keywords

AGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0344339148     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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