Spatial habitat use patterns of sea otters in coastal washington

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 906-917

  Laidre, Kristin L ^a   Jameson, Ronald J ^b,c   Gurarie, Eliezer ^c   Jeffries, Steven J ^d   Allen, Harriet ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

^d WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Range expansion; Sea otter; Site fidelity; Washington

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISPERSAL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; MUSTELID; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE EXPANSION; SHALLOW WATER; SITE FIDELITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WILLAPA BAY;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS KENYONI;

EID: 77950793974     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-338.1     Document Type: Article

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