Pupping-site fidelity among individual Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) at Chiswell Island, Alaska

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 826-833

  Parker, P ^a,b   Harvey, J T ^b   Maniscalco, J M ^a   Atkinson, S ^a,c  

^a ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; BROOD REARING; GPS; HABITAT QUALITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; JUVENILE; MATERNAL CARE; PINNIPED; SITE FIDELITY; SURVIVAL;

ALASKA; CHISWELL ISLAND; GULF OF ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EUMETOPIAS JUBATUS;

EID: 49249100364     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-058     Document Type: Article

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