Long-term evaluation of pup growth and preweaning survival rates in subantarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus tropicalis, on Amsterdam Island

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1222-1232

  Chambellant, Magaly ^a   Beauplet, Gwénaël ^a   Guinet, Christophe ^a   Georges, Jean Yves ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Ctr d'Ecologie Physiol E   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

PREWEANING GROWTH; SURVIVAL RATES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BREEDING SEASON; CARRYING CAPACITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH; PINNIPED; SURVIVAL;

AMSTERDAM ISLAND; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344927243     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-114     Document Type: Article

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