Estimating Age Ratios and Size of Pacific Walrus Herds on Coastal Haulouts using Video Imaging

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Monson, Daniel H ^a   Udevitz, Mark S ^a   Jay, Chadwick V ^a  

^a Alaska Biological Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HERD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING; SEAL; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

AGE FACTORS; ALASKA; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WALRUSES;

EID: 84881190423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069806     Document Type: Article

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