Ninety years of change, from commercial extinction to recovery, range expansion and decline for Antarctic fur seals at South Georgia

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Forcada, Jaume, Hoffman, Joseph I., Gimenez, Olivier, Staniland, Iain J., Bucktrout, Pete, Wood, Andrew G.
• Other Authors: UK Research and Innovation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Fur Seal; Antarctic Fur Seals; Antarctic Krill; Bird Island; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16947; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.16947

Abstract With environmental change, understanding how species recover from overharvesting and maintain viable populations is central to ecosystem restoration. Here, we reconstruct 90 years of recovery trajectory of the Antarctic fur seal at South Georgia (S.W. Atlantic), a key indicator species in t...