Age structure, growth, and demographic parameters in breeding-age female subantarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus tropicalis

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1043-1050

  Dabin, Willy ^a   Beauplet, Gwénaël ^b   Crespo, Enrique A ^c   Guinet, Christophe ^b  

^a Ctr Rech sur les Mammiferes Marins   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GROWTH KINETICS;

BREEDING SEASON; DEMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTION;

BIODIVERSITY;

AGE STRUCTURE; BREEDING SEASON; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH; LIFE TABLE; PINNIPED; REPRODUCTION;

AMSTERDAM ISLAND; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ARCTOCEPHALUS; ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; PHOCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 9944252539     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-079     Document Type: Article

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