Shifting trends: Detecting environmentally mediated regulation in long-lived marine vertebrates using time-series data

Oecologia

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-82

  McMahon, Clive R ^a,b,c   Bester, Marthán N ^a   Hindell, Mark A ^c   Brook, Barry W ^d   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate change; Demography; Density dependence; Elephant seal; Mammal; Population change

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DETECTION METHOD; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TIME SERIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEALS, EARLESS; TIME FACTORS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA LEONINA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58549119004     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1205-9     Document Type: Article

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