Interannual assessment of territory quality for male sea otters (Enhydra lutris) in Simpson Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 289-298

  Finerty, Shannon E ^a   Pearson, Heidi C ^a   Davis, Randall W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MUSTELID; SITE FIDELITY; TERRITORIALITY;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; SIMPSON BAY; UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS;

EID: 77649130273     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-003     Document Type: Article

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