Interdependence of social structure and demography in the Southern elephant seal colony of Península Valdés, Argentina

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 681-692

  Ferrari, Mariano A ^a   Lewis, Mirtha N ^b   Pascual, Miguel A ^b   Campagna, Claudio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility function; Population model; Sex ratio; Southern elephant seal

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COASTAL ZONE; DEMOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; HAREM; PINNIPED; POPULATION MODELING; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; SOUTH AMERICA; VALDES PENINSULA;

MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 67849129001     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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