An evaluation of density-dependent and density-independent influences on population growth rates in Weddell seals

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 975-984

  Rotella, Jay J ^a   Link, William A ^b   Nichols, James D ^b   Hadley, Gillian L ^a   Garrott, Robert A ^a   Proffitt, Kelly M ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate; Density dependence; Leptonychotes weddellii; Population dynamics; Population growth rate; Weddell seal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMIGRATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PINNIPED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; MALE; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEALS, EARLESS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EREBUS BAY;

LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII;

EID: 63849341958     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0971.1     Document Type: Article

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