Effects of pup age, maternal age, and birth date on pre-weaning survival rates of Weddell seals in Erebus Bay, Antarctica

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1255-1264

  Proffitt, Kelly M ^a,b   Rotella, Jay J ^a   Garrott, Robert A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRTH DATE; BODY MASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MATERNAL CARE; NEONATE; PINNIPED; POPULATION GROWTH; SURVIVAL; WEANING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EREBUS BAY;

LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77955136582     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.18098.x     Document Type: Article

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