Deep into the ice: Over-wintering and habitat selection in male Atlantic walruses

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 375, Issue , 2009, Pages 247-261

  Freitas, Carla ^a,b   Kovacs, Kit M ^a   Ims, Rolf A ^b   Fedak, Michael A ^c   Lydersen, Christian ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cox proportional hazards models; First passage time; Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus; Random effects models; Satellite telemetry; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; ICE; MALE BEHAVIOR; OVERWINTERING; PINNIPED; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITE FIDELITY; TELEMETRY;

ARCTIC;

ANIMALIA; ODOBENIDAE; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS ROSMARUS;

EID: 60949097060     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07725     Document Type: Article

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