Density-related reproductive costs and natal conditions predict male life history in a highly polygynous mammal

Authors: Lloyd, Kyle J., Oosthuizen, W. Chris, Rotella, Jay J., Bester, Marthán N., de Bruyn, P.J.Nico

Source: Animal behaviour. 200:183-197

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Habitat model forecasts suggest potential redistribution of marine predators in the southern Indian Ocean

Authors: Reisinger, Ryan R., Corney, Stuart, Raymond, Ben, Lombard, Amanda T., Bester, Marthán N., Crawford, Robert J. M., Davies, Delia, de Bruyn, P. J. Nico, Dilley, Ben J., Kirkman, Stephen P., Makhado, Azwianewi B., Ryan, Peter G., Schoombie, Stefan, Stevens, Kim L., Tosh, Cheryl A., Wege, Mia, Whitehead, T. Otto, Sumner, Michael D., Wotherspoon, Simon, Friedlaender, Ari S., Cotté, Cedric, Hindell, Mark A., Ropert-Coudert, Yan, Pistorius, Pierre A.

Source: Diversity and Distributions, 2022 Jan 01. 28(1), 142-159.

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The ontogeny of at-sea behaviour in male southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) at Marion Island

Authors: Lasch, Kiara G., Tosh, Cheryl A., Bester, Marthan N., de Bruyn, P.J. Nico

Source: In Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology January 2023 558

Validating the use of bulk tissue stable isotope and amino acid δ 15 N values measured in molted hair and epidermis of elephant seals to assess temporal foraging niche specialization

Authors: Lübcker, Nico, Newsome, Seth D., Bester, Marthán N., de Bruyn, P. J. Nico

Source: Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2021 Sep 01. 673, 229-243.

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Fur seals do, but sea lions don't — cross taxa insights into exhalation during ascent from dives

Authors: Hooker, Sascha K., Andrews, Russel D., Arnould, John P. Y., Bester, Marthán N., Davis, Randall W., Insley, Stephen J., Gales, Nsick J., Goldsworthy, Simon D., McKnight, J. Chris

Source: Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 2021 Aug 01. 376(1830), 1-11.

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Canine morphometrics as a tool for distinguishing species, sex, and age class in Southern Ocean fur seals

Authors: Pretorius, Liezl E., Bester, Marthán N., Connan, Maëlle, Hofmeyr, G. J. Greg

Source: Journal of morphology. 283(12):1546-1560

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Positive early-late life-history trait correlations in elephant seals

Authors: Oosthuizen, W. Chris, Péron, Guillaume, Pradel, Roger, Bester, Marthán N., de Bruyn, P. J. Nico

Source: Ecology, 2021 Apr 01. 102(4), 1-12.

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FEMALE SEALS THAT BREED YOUNG ALSO ENJOY A SLOWER RATE OF AGING

Authors: Oosthuizen, W. Chris, Péron, Guillaume, Pradel, Roger, Bester, Marthán N., de Bruyn, P. J. Nico

Source: Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 2021 Apr 01. 102(2), 1-6.

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Microanatomy and histology of bone pathologies of extant and extinct phocid seals

Authors: Woolley, Megan R., Chinsamy, Anusuya, Govender, Romala, Bester, Marthán N.

Source: Historical biology. 33(8):1231-1246

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Southern Ocean isoscapes derived from a wide-ranging circumpolar marine predator, the Antarctic fur seal

Authors: Walters, Andrea, Hindell, Mark, Goebel, Michael E., Bester, Marthán N., Trathan, Philip N., Oosthuizen, W. Chris, Lea, Mary-Anne

Source: In Ecological Indicators November 2020 118

Prey differences drive local genetic adaptation in Antarctic fur seals

Authors: Cleary, Alison C., Bester, Marthán, Forcada, Jaume, Goebel, Michael, Goldsworthy, Simon D., Guinet, Christophe, Hoffman, Joseph I., Kovacs, Kit M., Lydersen, Christian, Lowther, Andrew D.

Source: Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2019 Oct 01. 628, 195-209.

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Foraging behaviour of Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in connection to oceanographic conditions in the southern Weddell Sea

Authors: Nachtsheim, Dominik A., Ryan, Svenja, Schröder, Michael, Jensen, Laura, Oosthuizen, W. Chris, Bester, Marthán N., Hagen, Wilhelm, Bornemann, Horst

Source: In Progress in Oceanography April 2019 173:165-179

Selective disappearance of frail juveniles: consequences for understanding social dominance in adult male elephant seals

Authors: Lloyd, Kyle J., Oosthuizen, W. Chris, Fay, Rémi, Bester, Marthán N., Nico de Bruyn, P. J.

Source: Oikos. 129(10):1566-1578

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Trade‐offs between age‐related breeding improvement and survival senescence in highly polygynous elephant seals: Dominant males always do better

Authors: Lloyd, Kyle J., Oosthuizen, W. Chris, Bester, Marthán N., Bruyn, P. J. Nico, Koons, Dave

Source: Journal of animal ecology. 89(3):897-909

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Local extinction imminent for southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina at their northernmost breeding site, Gough Island—South Atlantic Ocean

Authors: Jones, Christopher W., Risi, Michelle M., Bester, Marthán N.

Source: Polar biology. 43(7):893-897

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Managing for change: Using vertebrate at sea habitat use to direct management efforts

Authors: Arthur, Benjamin, Hindell, Mark, Bester, Marthan, De Bruyn, P.J. Nico, Goebel, Michael E., Trathan, Phil, Lea, Mary-Anne

Source: In Ecological Indicators August 2018 91:338-349

Individual heterogeneity in life‐history trade‐offs with age at first reproduction in capital breeding elephant seals

Authors: Oosthuizen, W. Chris, Postma, Martin, Altwegg, Res, Nevoux, Marie, Pradel, Roger, Bester, Marthán N., Bruyn, P. J. Nico

Source: Population ecology. 61(4):421-435

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Ross seal distribution in the Weddell Sea: fact and fallacy

Authors: Bester, Marthán N., Wege, Mia, Oosthuizen, W. Chris, Bornemann, Horst

Source: Polar biology. 43(1):35-41

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First record of a leucistic sub-Antarctic fur seal

Authors: Jones, Christopher W., Risi, Michelle M., Osborne, Alexis, Bester, Marthán N.

Source: Polar biology. 42(6):1217-1220

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Preferred, small-scale foraging areas of two Southern Ocean fur seal species are not determined by habitat characteristics

Authors: Wege, Mia, de Bruyn, P., Hindell, Mark, Lea, Mary-Anne, Bester, Marthán

Source: BMC ecology. 19(1):1-14

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