Extreme weather events influence dispersal of naive northern fur seals
Since 1975, northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) numbers at the Pribilof Islands (PI) in the Bering Sea have declined rapidly for unknown reasons. Migratory dispersal and habitat choice may affect first-year survivorship, thereby contributing to this decline. We compared migratory behaviour of 16...
Published in: | Biology Letters |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2009
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0643 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19147444 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/56314 |