Projected status of the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) in the twenty-first century

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1065-1084

  Jay, Chadwick V ^a   Marcot, Bruce G ^b   Douglas, David C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian network; Odobenus; Sea ice; Status; Walrus

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION STATUS; FUTURE PROSPECT; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PINNIPED; POPULATION MODELING; RARE SPECIES; SEA ICE; SUBSPECIES; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; VULNERABILITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ODOBENIDAE; ODOBENUS; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS DIVERGENS; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 79957830805     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-0967-4     Document Type: Article

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