The influence of habitat quality on the detection of river otter (lontra canadensis) latrines near bridges

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 435-445

  Stevens, Sadie S ^a   Just, Emily H ^b   Cordes, Robert C ^b   Brooks, Robert P ^c   Serfass, Thomas L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BRIDGE; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXCRETION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MUSTELID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINTRODUCTION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHORELINE; SITE SELECTION;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS;

EID: 80053388795     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-166.2.435     Document Type: Article

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