Habitat preferences of California sea lions: Implications for conservation

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1521-1528

  González Suárez, Manuela ^a   Gerber, Leah R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional logistic regression; Habitat selection; Pinniped; Sea of Cortes; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORELINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN;

OTARIIDAE; PINNIPEDIA; ZALOPHUS; ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 58149263043     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-109.1     Document Type: Article

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