Demography of Northern Elephant Seals, 1911-1982
- 25 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 219 (4587) , 969-971
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.219.4587.969
Abstract
Northern elephant seals ( Mirounga angustirostris ) were hunted to near extinction in the 19th century. Protection has allowed them to recolonize former habitat on islands off California, where the population is increasing more than 14 percent per year. Immigration of young pregnant females from Baja California initiated the California rookeries but is responsible for only a small part of recent population growth. Almost 25,000 northern elephant seal pups were born in the species' range in Mexico and the United States in 1982 in comparison with only six known births in 1911.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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