Natality and weaning success in relation to age of first reproduction in northern elephant seals

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Huber, Harriet R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1987
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; San Miguel; Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z87-207; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z87-207

Reproductive histories of female northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) tagged as pups at the Farallon, Año Nuevo, San Miguel, and San Nicolas islands were followed on the Farallon Islands, California, from 1975 to 1983. Age of primiparity ranged from 3 to 6 years. Females that first repr...