Five decades on: Use of historical weaning size data reveals that a decrease in maternal foraging success underpins the long-term decline in population of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)

Ella Clausius; Clive R. McMahon; Mark A. Hindell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173427

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Five decades on: Use of historical weaning size data reveals that a decrease in maternal foraging success underpins the long-term decline in population of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)

Ella Clausius,

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Clive R. McMahon,

Affiliation Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
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Mark A. Hindell

* E-mail: mark.hindell@utas.edu.au

Affiliations Centre for Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Five decades on: Use of historical weaning size data reveals that a decrease in maternal foraging success underpins the long-term decline in population of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)

Ella Clausius,
Clive R. McMahon,
Mark A. Hindell

Published: March 16, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173427

About the Authors

Ella Clausius

Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Clive R. McMahon

Affiliation Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Mosman, New South Wales, Australia

Mark A. Hindell

* E-mail: mark.hindell@utas.edu.au

Affiliations Centre for Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MAH CRM. Data curation: MAH CRM. Formal analysis: EC. Investigation: EC MAH CRM. Methodology: EC MAH CRM. Project administration: EC MAH CRM. Resources: MAH CRH. Supervision: MAH CRH. Validation: EC MAH CRM. Visualization: EC MAH CRM. Writing – original draft: EC. Writing – review & editing: EC MAH CRM.

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