Age-specific birth rates of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 664-676

  Hernández Camacho, Claudia J ^a,b   Aurioles Gamboa, David ^a   Gerber, Leah R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California sea lion; Fecundity; Logistic regression analysis; Zalophus californianus

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; PINNIPED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 44949087918     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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