Extreme weather events influence dispersal of naive northern fur seals

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 252-257

  Lea, Mary Anne ^a,b   Johnson, Devin ^a   Ream, Rolf ^a   Sterling, Jeremy ^a   Melin, Sharon ^a   Gelatt, Tom ^a  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alaska; Bering Sea; Migration; Storms

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; HABITAT SELECTION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVORSHIP; WEANING;

ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD EXPOSURE; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SURVIVAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WEANING; WEATHER; AGE; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; TIME;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRIBILOF ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; MAMMALIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; FUR SEALS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 65349095557     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0643     Document Type: Article

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