Temporal and spatial variation in age-specific survival rates of a long-lived mammal, the Hawaiian monk seal

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1608, 2007, Pages 407-415

  Baker, Jason D ^a,b   Thompson, Paul M ^b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hawaiian monk seal; Life history; Senescence; Spatial variability; Survival; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIFE HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PINNIPED; SENESCENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AGE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME; WEANING; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; MONACHUS SCHAUINSLANDI; PINNIPEDIA;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HAWAII; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEALS, EARLESS;

EID: 39049179119     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3737     Document Type: Article

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