Using ecological function to develop recovery criteria for depleted species: Sea otters and kelp forests in the Aleutian archipelago;Utilizacíon de la funcíon ecoĺogica para desarrollar criterios de recuperacíon para especies disminuidas: Nutrias marinas y bosques de algas en el archipíelago Aleutiano

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 852-860

  Estes, James A ^a   Tinker, M Tim ^b   Bodkin, James L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Interaction strength; Kelp; Phase state; Recovery; Sea otter; Sea urchins

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ECHINODERM; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; EXTINCTION RISK; KELP FOREST; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; MUSTELID; PROBABILITY; RECOVERY PLAN; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CARNIVORA; ECOLOGY; KELP; POPULATION GROWTH; UNITED STATES; OTTER;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; KELP; OTTERS; POPULATION GROWTH;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

ECHINOIDEA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS;

EID: 77955914331     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01428.x     Document Type: Article

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