Estimating body mass and condition of leopard seals by allometrics

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1015-1023

  Van Den Hoff, John ^a   Fraccaro, Richard ^b   Mitchell, Peter ^a,f   Field, Iain ^a,g   McMahon, Clive ^a,h   Burton, Harry ^a   Blanchard, Wendy ^c   Duignan, Padraig ^d   Rogers, Tracey ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b StatSoft Pacific Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c Sea World   (Australia)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f University of Tasmania ^*  (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^h SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometric equations; Anesthesia; Antarctica; Body condition; Hydrurga leptonyx; Leopard seal; Mass; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANESTHETIC; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; PINNIPED;

FELIDAE; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 27944483701     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[1015:EBMACO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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