Life history plasticity and population regulation in sea otters

Oikos

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 457-468

  Monson, Daniel H ^a,b   Estes, James A ^a   Bodkin, James L ^b   Siniff, Donald B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; PLASTICITY; POPULATION REGULATION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

ALASKA; AMCHITKA ISLAND; KODIAK ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

APTOCYCLUS; APTOCYCLUS VENTRICOCUS; APTOCYCLUS VENTRICOSUS; CARNIVORA; CYCLOPTERIDAE; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; INVERTEBRATA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 0033781983     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.900304.x     Document Type: Article

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