Southern elephant seals north of the Antarctic Polar Front

Antarctic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 213-221

  Lewis, M ^a   Campagna, C ^a,b   Marin, M R ^a   Fernandez, T ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Home range; Migration; Mirounga leonina; Pen nsula Vald s

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; PINNIPED; POPULATION GENETICS; SITE FIDELITY;

ANTARCTICA; ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHUBUT; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); MAGELLAN REGION; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(ARC) SOUTH AMERICA]; VALDES PENINSULA;

ANIMALIA; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 33744984828     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102006000253     Document Type: Article

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