Integrating diet and movement data to identify hot spots of predation risk and areas of conservation concern for endangered species

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-47

  Ward, Eric J ^a   Levin, Phillip S ^a   Lance, Monique M ^b   Jeffries, Steven J ^b   Acevedo Gutiérrez, Alejandro ^c  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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

^c WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Harbor seals; Marine planning; Marine protected areas; Movement models; Predation risk; Reserve design; Rockfish; Salmon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862499265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00210.x     Document Type: Article

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