Influence of maternal characteristics and oceanographic conditions on survival and recruitment probabilities of Weddell seals

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 601-613

  Hadley, Gillian L ^a   Rotella, Jay J ^a   Garrott, Robert A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENOTYPE; JUVENILE; MATERNAL EFFECT; NATURAL SELECTION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PINNIPED; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROBABILITY; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEA ICE; SURVIVAL;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EREBUS BAY;

ANIMALIA; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII;

EID: 34047106768     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.15528.x     Document Type: Article

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