Although tool use may enhance resource utilization, its fitness benefits are difficult to measure. By examining longitudinal data from 196 radio-tagged southern sea otters …
TE Nicholson, KA Mayer, SH Hazan, MJ Murray… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recovery of wildlife and their ecosystems may require enhancement of vulnerable populations through human intervention. As a southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) …
EH Miller, TS Jung, PM Kukka… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Allometric analyses of sexually selected structures have revealed many patterns of evolutionary and behavioural significance, for example, in weapons, ornaments, and …
Southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) are currently> 80% depleted with respect to both abundance and range occupancy baselines, challenging the long-term persistence of the …
The development of epigenetic clocks, or the DNA methylation‐based inference of age, is an emerging tool for ageing in free ranging populations. In this study, we developed epigenetic …
VR Nikonova, AE Naumova, AM Bergaliev… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Most studies which deal with natural populations require a reliable and convenient way of age estimation. However, even rough aging of live individuals is often a real challenge. In …
C Pace, CEC Goertz, K Woodie, J Belovarac… - Journal of Zoo and …, 2023 - BioOne
As part of routine captive management of the species, sea otter (Enhydra lutris) males are often castrated to prevent reproduction, to preserve limited spaces for future nonreleasable …
Sea otters were extirpated throughout much of their range by the maritime fur trade in the 18th and 19th centuries, including the coast of Katmai National Park and Preserve in …
During the evolution of most marine mammals, fur as an insulator has been replaced with more buoyant, energy storing and streamlining blubber. By contrast, the sea otter (Enhydra …