Expansion of a grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) breeding colony: changes in pupping site use at the Isle of May, Scotland

• Main Authors: Pomeroy, P P, Twiss, S D, Duck, C D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: reproduction; seals; colony growth; site use; topography; NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS; LEPTONYCHOTES-WEDDELLI; FIDELITY; RONA; AGE; DISPERSION; BEHAVIOR; NATALITY; SUCCESS; ISLAND; Rona; Success Island; Elephant Seals; Leptonychotes weddelli
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/expansion-of-a-grey-seal-halichoerus-grypus-breeding-colony-changes-in-pupping-site-use-at-the-isle-of-may-scotland(da441983-0041-4353-be7c-337b85f868d9).html; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033967222&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Until the mid 1970s only a few grey seal Halichoerus grypus pups were born each year on the Isle of May, Scotland, but 1408 pups were born there in 1994. We examined changes in overall site use, individual pupping site fidelity and success iu relation to local population density and topography. The...