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Maternal and newborn life-history traits during periods of contrasting population trends: implications for explaining the decline of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina), on Sable Island |
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| Authors: | W. Don Bowen Sara L. Ellis Sara J. Iverson Daryl J. Boness |
| Affiliation: | Marine Fish Division, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2Y 4A2, Canada;Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4J1, Canada;The Lobster Conservancy, Friendship, Maine 04547, U.S.A.;Conservation and Research Center National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20008, U.S.A. |
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| Keywords: | pinniped Phoca vitulina interannual variation life-history traits population decline |