Estimating the number of walruses in svalbard from aerial surveys and behavioural data from satellite telemetry

Arctic

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-128

  Lydersen, Christian ^a   Aars, Jon ^a   Kovacs, Kit M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Digital photography; Haul out behaviour; Odobenus rosmarus; Satellite telemetry; Svalbard; Walrus

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BEHAVIOR; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; ESTIMATION METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; PINNIPED; TELEMETRY;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ODOBENIDAE; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS;

EID: 46849102587     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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