Age- and sex-specific survival estimates incorporating tag loss for New Zealand sea lions, Phocarctos hookeri

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 758-767

  Chilvers, B Louise ^a,b   MacKenzie, Darryl I ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b Proteus Wildlife Research Consultants   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Auckland Islands; demography; fisheries interactions; management; markrecapture method; multistate model; New Zealand sea lion; New Zealand's subantarctic; Phocarctos hookeri; population dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE CLASS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISHERY SURVEY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PINNIPED; SEX RATIO; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; SURVIVAL; TAGGING;

NEW ZEALAND;

MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI;

EID: 77953749572     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-285.1     Document Type: Article

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