Effective population size for South American sea lions along the Peruvian coast: the survivors of the strongest El Niño event in history

Volume: 92, Issue: 8, Pages: 1835 - 1841
Published: Sep 4, 2012
Abstract
The South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens , has been considered vulnerable and under the threat of extinction in Peru due to the drastic demographic changes as a result of the impact of low food availability and the unusual timing of the severe El Niño event of 1997–1998. We present the first estimate of effective population size ( N e ) for the species that takes into account the effects of mating system and variation in population size in...
Paper Details
Title
Effective population size for South American sea lions along the Peruvian coast: the survivors of the strongest El Niño event in history
Published Date
Sep 4, 2012
Volume
92
Issue
8
Pages
1835 - 1841
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