Pinniped diets inferred from scats: Analysis of biases in prey occurrence

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-73

  Arim, Matías ^a,b   Naya, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; NUTRITION;

PINNIPED DIETS;

BIOLOGY;

DIET; FECES; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PINNIPED;

PINNIPEDIA; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038696524     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-221     Document Type: Article

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