Walruses recovering after 60+ years of protection in Svalbard, Norway

Polar Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2014, 2014, Pages

  Kovacs, Kit M ^a   Aars, Jon ^a   Lydersen, Christian ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Expansion; Mother calf distribution; Pinniped; Population trend

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXTINCTION; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARCTIC; ARKHANGELSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; FRANZ JOSEF LAND; NORWAY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALIA; ODOBENIDAE; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 84921925152     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/polar.v33.26034     Document Type: Article

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