Developing Behavioral Indices of Population Viability: A Case Study of California Sea Lions in the Gulf of California, Mexico

abstract: Despite years of effort, the field of conservation biology still struggles to incorporate theories of animal behavior. I introduce in Chapter I the issues surrounding the disconnect between behavioral ecology and conservation biology, and propose the use of behavioral knowledge in populati...

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Other Authors: Wildermuth, Robert Paul (Author)
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.15085