Annual cycle and inter-annual variation in the haul-out pattern of an increasing southern elephant seal colony

Antarctic Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-226

  Lewis, M ^a   Campagna, C ^a   Zavatti, J ^b  

^a Centro Patagonico   (Argentina)

^b Univ Nac Patagonia S Juan Bosco   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Breeding and moulting cycle; Demography; Mirounga leonina; Ocean fronts; Pen nsula Vald s; Population size

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BREEDING; HAULOUT BEHAVIOUR;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; SOUTH AMERICA; VALDES PENINSULA;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; MIROUNGA LEONINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 4944226595     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102004002020     Document Type: Article

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