Age- and sex-specific mortality and population structure in sea otters

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 201-219

  Bodkin, James L ^a   Burdin, Alexander M ^b   Ryazanov, Dmitry A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Behavior; Density dependence; Equilibrium; Growth; Population ecology; Sex ratio; Sexual segregation; Social organization; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY WEIGHT; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEA OTTER; SEX;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MARINE MAMMAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033971155     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2000.tb00913.x     Document Type: Article

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