The founding of a southern elephant seal colony

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 407-423

  Ferrari, Mariano A ^a,b   Campagna, Claudio ^a,c   Condit, Richard ^d   Lewis, Mirtha N ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Argentina)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Bayesian state space models; Mirounga leonina; Population trends; Southern elephant seal

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; COLONY STRUCTURE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; PINNIPED; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

MIROUNGA LEONINA;

EID: 84880257050     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2012.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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