Spatial and behavioral scales of habitat selection and activity by river otters at latrine sites

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 170-182

  Crowley, Shannon ^a   Johnson, Chris J ^a   Hodder, Dexter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b John Prince Research Forest   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; habitat selection; latrine site; Lontra canadensis; river otter; scale

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FISH; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MUSTELID; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; CONIFEROPHYTA; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRINAE;

EID: 84863399418     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-362.1     Document Type: Article

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