Effects of environmental variability and breeding experience on northern elephant seal demography

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 517-526

  Lee, Derek E ^a,b  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b 103 Gilman Life Sciences Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

climate; El Ni o; El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); mammal; Mirounga angustirostris; Phocidae; reproductive success; survival

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; PINNIPED; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; FARALLON ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MIROUNGA ANGUSTIROSTRIS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 79958847870     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-042.1     Document Type: Article

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