Backcalculation of original population size for walruses Odobenus rosmarus in Franz Josef Land

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 223-230

  Gjertz, Ian ^a   Wiig, Øystein ^b   Øritsland, Nils Are ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Catch history; Europe; Odobenus rosmarus; Population size; Russia; Walrus

Indexed keywords

ODOBENUS ROSMARUS;

EID: 0031764348     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1998.025     Document Type: Article

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