Population dynamics of southern elephant seals: a synthesis of three decades of demographic research at Marion Island

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 523-534

  Pistorius, P A ^a   de Bruyn, P J N ^b   Bester, M N ^b  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

environmental change; fecundity; growth; mark recapture; Mirounga leonina; population regulation; survival

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FECUNDITY; ISLAND; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PINNIPED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH WORK; SUBARCTIC REGION; TAGGING; WEANING;

MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

MIROUNGA; MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 84856078517     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/1814232X.2011.637357     Document Type: Review

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