Survival rates of the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus, in Mexico

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1059-1066

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

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Mark recapture; Survival probabilities

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 44949091778     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-404.1     Document Type: Article

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