The interaction of intraspecific competition and habitat on individual diet specialization: a near range-wide examination of sea otters

Oecologia

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-59

  Newsome, Seth D ^a   Tinker, M Tim ^b   Gill, Verena A ^c   Hoyt, Zachary N ^d   Doroff, Angela ^e   Nichol, Linda ^f   Bodkin, James L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Marine Mammals Management   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^f PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habitat; Individual diet specialization; Intraspecific competition; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DIET; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OTTER; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALIFORNIA; DIET; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HOMING BEHAVIOR; OTTERS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84939958959     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3223-8     Document Type: Article

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