Sliding behavior in nearctic river otters: Locomotion or play?

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-244

  Stevens, Sadie S ^a   Serfass, Thomas L ^a  

^a FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRINAE; NEARCTIC;

EID: 22544477858     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2005)012[0241:SBINRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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