Top-down and bottom-up influences on demographic rates of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 903-911

  Schwarz, Lisa K ^a   Goebel, Michael E ^b   Costa, Daniel P ^a   Kilpatrick, A Marm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Oscillation; Cormack Jolly Seber; Detection probability; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Pinniped; Shetland Islands; Southern Annular Mode; Tag loss

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DETECTION METHOD; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION RISK; PROBABILITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; WEANING;

ANTARCTICA; CAPE SHIRREFF; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; FELIDAE; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; MAMMALIA; PINNIPEDIA;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEAL;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FUR SEALS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEALS, EARLESS;

EID: 84879155772     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12059     Document Type: Article

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