Long-term evaluation of body mass at weaning and postweaning survival rates of Weddell seals in Erebus Bay, Antarctica

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 677-689

  Proffitt, Kelly M ^a   Garrott, Robert A ^a   Rotella, Jay J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile survival rate; Leptonychotes weddellii; Life history traits; Weaning mass

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; JUVENILE; LACTATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PINNIPED; SURVIVAL; WEANING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EREBUS BAY;

ANIMALIA; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII;

EID: 47649085232     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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