Captive killer whale (Orcinus orca) survival

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1362-1377

  Jett, John ^a   Ventre, Jeffrey ^b  

^a Lakeview Campus Medical Facility ^*  (United States)

^b Lakeview Campus Medical Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual survival rate; Captive killer whale; Cox proportional hazard; Kaplan Meier; Orcinus orca

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY; WHALE;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; ORCINUS ORCA;

EID: 84944510805     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mms.12225     Document Type: Article

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