Predicting river otter latrine sites in Pennsylvania

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 836-845

  Swimley, Thomas J ^a,c,d   Serfass, Thomas L ^b,d   Brooks, Robert P ^a   Tzilkowski, Walter M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pennsylvania River Otter and Fisher Reintroduction Project   (United States)

^d Wildlife Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Habitat; Latrine; Logistic regression; Lontra canadensis; Pattern recognition; Pennsylvania; River otter

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; SURVEYING;

UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTOR FIBER; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032927683     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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