Abundance estimate and seasonal patterns of grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) occurrence in Brittany, France, as assessed by photo-identification and capture-mark-recapture

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 365-372

  Gerondeau, Maureen ^a   Barbraud, Christophe ^b   Ridoux, Vincent ^a   Vincent, Cécile ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BREEDING SITE; HOME RANGE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; METAPOPULATION; MOVEMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PINNIPED; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITE FIDELITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

BRETAGNE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINISTERE; FRANCE; MOLENE ISLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS;

EID: 33847397007     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054586     Document Type: Article

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