River otter latrine site selection in arid habitats of western Colorado, USA

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1763-1767

  Depue, John E ^a,b   Ben David, Merav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

arid environments; habitat selection; latrines; logistic regression; Lontra canadensis; river otter

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; LOGISTICS; MUSTELID; OVERSTORY; SEMIARID REGION; WATERSHED;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS;

EID: 78149441166     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-065     Document Type: Article

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