Assessing plausible rates of population growth in humpback whales from life-history data

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1225-1236

  Zerbini, Alexandre N ^a,b   Clapham, Phillip J ^a   Wade, Paul R ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b Instituto Aqualie   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE AT MATURITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARTURITION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES; WHALE;

MEGAPTERA;

EID: 77952428052     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1403-y     Document Type: Article

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