Environmental and senescent related variations in Weddell seal body mass: Implications for age-specific reproductive performance

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1683-1690

  Proffitt, Kelly M ^a   Garrott, Robert A ^a   Rotella, Jay J ^a   Wheatley, Kathryn E ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARTURITION; PINNIPED; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEA ICE; SENESCENCE;

LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII;

EID: 34548591537     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.16139.x     Document Type: Article

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