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Below is a list of WERC's peer-reviewed publications. If you are searching for a specific publication and cannot find it in this list, please contact werc_web@usgs.gov

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[Book review] Otters. Ecology and Conservation, by C. F. Mason and S. M. MacDonald [Book review] Otters. Ecology and Conservation, by C. F. Mason and S. M. MacDonald

Review of: Otters. Ecology and Conservation. C. F. Mason and S. M. MacDonald. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1986, viii, 236 pp., illus. $34.50.
Authors
J. A. Estes

An incidence of twinning in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris) An incidence of twinning in the sea otter (Enhydra lutris)

On 3 October 1984 at 0928 h (PST) near Pt. San Simeon, California (35°39’N, 121°11’W), we observed a female sea otter (Enhydra lutris) resting in a kelp bed (Macrocystis pyrifera) with a small pup on her chest; approximately 2 m away another small pup floated unattended in the kelp. The only other otters we saw in the area was a mated pair (adult male tending an adult female) resting...
Authors
Ronald J. Jameson, James L. Bodkin

The boundary model: A geographical analysis of design and conservation of nature reserves The boundary model: A geographical analysis of design and conservation of nature reserves

It is widely recognised that nearly all parks and reserves are too small to protect their biological diversity. In response to this problem, we have been developing a multidisciplinary ‘boundary model’ that focuses upon the processes of exchange across the administrative edges of nature reserves. The model incorporates known dynamics from various disciplines and describes the...
Authors
C. Schonewald-Cox, J.W. Bayless
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