DEMOGRAPHY AND BREEDING BIOLOGY OF A SMALL , LOCALIZED POPULATION OF SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS ( MIROUAJGA LEONINA )

@inproceedings{LEONINA2001DEMOGRAPHYAB,
  title={DEMOGRAPHY AND BREEDING BIOLOGY OF A SMALL , LOCALIZED POPULATION OF SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS ( MIROUAJGA LEONINA )},
  author={MIROUAJGA LEONINA and Filippo Galimberti and L. Boitani},
  year={2001}
}

• MIROUAJGA LEONINA, Filippo Galimberti, L. Boitani
• Published 2001

Southern elephant seals have been studied in depth in most of their breeding range. One notable exception is the Falkland Islands population. We present data on demography and breeding biology of elephant seals of Sea Lion Island, the main breeding site of this species in the Falklands. Sea Lion Island shelters a small, localized population of southern elephant seals (516 breeding females in 1995 and 518 in 1996). Comparison with the few available census data collected prior to our study… CONTINUE READING

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