Maternal and birth colony effects on survival of Weddell seal offspring from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 722-740

  Hastings, Kelly K ^a,b   Testa, J Ward ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^c Polar Biological Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth colony; Leptonychotes weddellii; Maternal effects; Offspring survival; Pinnipeds

Indexed keywords

COLONY; MATERNAL CARE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SEAL (ANIMAL); SITE EFFECT; SURVIVORSHIP;

ANTARCTICA;

LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII;

EID: 7344253053     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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