Population status, trends and a re-examination of the hypotheses explaining the recent declines of the southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina

Mammal Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-100

  McMahon, Clive R ^a,b,c   Bester, Marthán N ^b   Burton, Harry R ^a   Hindell, Mark A ^d   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^d,e  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Interspecific competition; Marine mammals; Pinnipedia; Population trends

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; HEARD ISLAND; HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; MACQUARIE ISLAND; MARION ISLAND; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH GEORGIA; VALDES PENINSULA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ELEPHANT; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 13844250597     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2005.00055.x     Document Type: Review

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