Climate influences on female survival in a declining population of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Volzke, Sophia, McMahon, Clive R., Hindell, Mark A., Burton, Harry R., Wotherspoon, Simon J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
• Subjects: Original Research; Antarctic; Soi; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Elephant Seals; Macquarie Island; Mirounga leonina; Sea ice; Southern Elephant Seals
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8366891/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34429922; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7919

The Southern Ocean has been disproportionately affected by climate change and is therefore an ideal place to study the influence of changing environmental conditions on ecosystems. Changes in the demography of predator populations are indicators of broader shifts in food web structure, but long‐term...