Assessing hot-iron and cryo-branding for permanently marking southern elephant seals

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1484-1489

  McMahon, Clive R ^a   Burton, Harry R ^a   Van Den Hoff, John ^a   Woods, Rupert ^a   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demography; Life history estimates; Marking techniques; Mirounga leonina; Survival

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; MARKING METHOD; PINNIPED;

MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 33845403252     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1484:AHACFP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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