Geographic variation in subantarctic fur seal pup growth: linkages with environmental variability and population density

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: Oosthuizen, W. Chris, de Bruyn, P. J. Nico, Wege, Mia, Bester, Marthán N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2015
• Subjects: Nature and Landscape Conservation; Genetics; Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Gough; Amsterdam Island; Marion Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyv181; http://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article-pdf/97/2/347/38268357/jmammal_97_2_347.pdf

Abstract Marine predator populations are sensitive to temporal variation in prey availability, but prey dynamics are often difficult to quantify. Long-term measures of offspring growth is a useful performance attribute to gauge the potential demographic direction for such predator populations, espec...