Age distribution of breeding female Antarctic fur seals in relation to changes in population growth rate
The age distribution of breeding female Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South Georgia, in 1988 was compared with the age distribution of a sample obtained in 1971–1973. The mean age in 1971–1973 was 7.41 (SE = 0.26) years and in 1988 it was 6.93 (SE = 0.20) years. After correction for age-depend...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z90-307 2023-12-17T10:20:33+01:00 Age distribution of breeding female Antarctic fur seals in relation to changes in population growth rate Boyd, I. L. Lunn, N. J. Rothery, P. Croxall, J. P. 1990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z90-307 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z90-307 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 68, issue 10, page 2209-2213 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1990 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z90-307 2023-11-19T13:39:03Z The age distribution of breeding female Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South Georgia, in 1988 was compared with the age distribution of a sample obtained in 1971–1973. The mean age in 1971–1973 was 7.41 (SE = 0.26) years and in 1988 it was 6.93 (SE = 0.20) years. After correction for age-dependent arrival time at the pupping beach in 1988, the mean age was 6.22 (SE = 0.14 years), which was significantly lower than in 1971–1973. Indicators of population size suggested that population growth at Bird Island had declined to below 3% annually by 1988 compared with rapid growth (17%) in 1958–1972. Exponential models fitted to the frequency distribution of age-classes greater than age 5 years and corrected for the rate of increase of the population gave adult survival rates of 0.66 (SE = 0.03) and 0.88 (SE = 0.02) for the 1988 and 1971–1973 samples, respectively. The reduced apparent adult survival rate in the 1988 sample was probably caused by emigration brought about by high densities of females on the pupping beaches. There are few signs from this analysis that the fur seal population at South Georgia is close to carrying capacity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Fur Seals Bird Island Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Antarctic Bird Island ENVELOPE(-38.060,-38.060,-54.004,-54.004) Canadian Journal of Zoology 68 10 2209 2213 |
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The age distribution of breeding female Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South Georgia, in 1988 was compared with the age distribution of a sample obtained in 1971–1973. The mean age in 1971–1973 was 7.41 (SE = 0.26) years and in 1988 it was 6.93 (SE = 0.20) years. After correction for age-dependent arrival time at the pupping beach in 1988, the mean age was 6.22 (SE = 0.14 years), which was significantly lower than in 1971–1973. Indicators of population size suggested that population growth at Bird Island had declined to below 3% annually by 1988 compared with rapid growth (17%) in 1958–1972. Exponential models fitted to the frequency distribution of age-classes greater than age 5 years and corrected for the rate of increase of the population gave adult survival rates of 0.66 (SE = 0.03) and 0.88 (SE = 0.02) for the 1988 and 1971–1973 samples, respectively. The reduced apparent adult survival rate in the 1988 sample was probably caused by emigration brought about by high densities of females on the pupping beaches. There are few signs from this analysis that the fur seal population at South Georgia is close to carrying capacity. |
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Age distribution of breeding female Antarctic fur seals in relation to changes in population growth rate |
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Age distribution of breeding female Antarctic fur seals in relation to changes in population growth rate |
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Age distribution of breeding female Antarctic fur seals in relation to changes in population growth rate |
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Age distribution of breeding female Antarctic fur seals in relation to changes in population growth rate |
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Age distribution of breeding female Antarctic fur seals in relation to changes in population growth rate |
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age distribution of breeding female antarctic fur seals in relation to changes in population growth rate |
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