Reproductive Performance of Female Antarctic Fur Seals: The Influence of Age, Breeding Experience, Environmental Variation and Individual Quality

• Published in: The Journal of Animal Ecology
• Main Authors: Lunn, N. J., Boyd, I. L., Croxall, J. P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bird Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Fur Seals
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516559/; https://doi.org/10.2307/5260

1. The reproductive performance of female Antarctic fur seals was examined in relation to age, reproductive experience and environmental variation over 10 consecutive years (1983-92) at Bird Island, South Georgia. 2. The age at which females first gave birth varied from 3 to 6 years; over 90% of the...