The population trend of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina L.) at Macquarie Island (1952-2004)

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1275-1283

  Van Den Hoff, John ^a   Burton, Harry ^a   Raymond, Ben ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; GAM; Long term study; Non linear; Rate of increase; Sub Antarctic

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; NONLINEARITY; PINNIPED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MACQUARIE ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 34547830247     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0288-9     Document Type: Article

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