Ecological drivers of variation in tool-use frequency across sea otter populations

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 519-526

  Fujii, Jessica A ^a   Ralls, Katherine ^b   Tinker, Martin Tim ^c  

^a MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

foraging specialization; learned behavior; sea otter; tool use

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DATA SET; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; MARINE MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREY CAPTURE; SNAIL; TOOL USE;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; AMCHITKA ISLAND; CALIFORNIA; MONTEREY; UNITED STATES;

ASTEROIDEA; BIVALVIA; ENHYDRA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84929991752     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru220     Document Type: Article

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