Adaptations for Aquatic Living by Carnivores

The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist programme

1979 • 7,466 citations

Ecology, Sexual Selection, and the Evolution of Mating Systems

1977 • 6,145 citations

Exaptation—a Missing Term in the Science of Form

1982 • 4,836 citations

The Fire of Life: An Introduction to Animal Energetics

1975 • 2,578 citations

Bioenergetics and Growth

1946 • 2,397 citations

Zoologischer Anzeiger

1878 • 2,220 citations

Ontogeny and phylogeny

1978 • 2,038 citations

Monogamy in Mammals

1977 • 1,400 citations

Evolution from Molecules to Men.

1984 • 1,122 citations

Acta zoologica Fennica

1926 • 1,096 citations

The Mesozoic marine revolution: evidence from snails, predators and grazers

1977 • 1,032 citations

Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution

1987 • 892 citations

Mammals in Which Females are Larger Than Males

1976 • 713 citations

Biogeography and Adaptation: Patterns of Marine Life

1978 • 628 citations

Aquatic Productivity and the Evolution of Diadromous Fish Migration

1988 • 627 citations

ADAPTATION TO COLD IN ARCTIC AND TROPICAL MAMMALS AND BIRDS IN RELATION TO BODY TEMPERATURE, INSULATION, AND BASAL METABOLIC RATE

1950 • 585 citations

Sexual Dimorphism in Mammals: Avian Models and Unanswered Questions

1977 • 577 citations

The Evolution of Monogamy: Hypotheses and Evidence

1980 • 503 citations

Aerobic and anaerobic metabolism during voluntary diving in Weddell seals: Evidence of preferred pathways from blood chemsitry and behavior

1980 • 487 citations

ON THE DEFINITIONS AND FUNCTIONS OF DOMINANCE AND TERRITORIALITY

1983 • 472 citations

Otters: Ecology and Conservation

1986 • 444 citations

Spatial organization and territorial behaviour of the European badger Meles meles

1978 • 408 citations

Functional anatomy of marine mammals

1973 • 407 citations

Comparisons of canid and felid social systems from an evolutionary perspective

1973 • 407 citations

Carnivore body size: Ecological and taxonomic correlates

1985 • 406 citations

THE SEA OTTER IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN

1969 • 362 citations

A MODEL FOR THE EVOLUTION OF PINNIPED POLYGYNY

1970 • 336 citations

MATING SYSTEM AND SEXCUL DIMORPHISM IN LARGE TERRESTRIAL, MAMMALIAN HERBIVORES

1983 • 324 citations

Continuous, deep diving in female northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris

1988 • 314 citations

The sociality of solitary foragers: a model based on resource dispersion

1986 • 303 citations

Metabolism of Weasels: The Cost of Being Long and Thin

1972 • 296 citations

Evolution of skull shape in carnivores: 1. Representative modern carnivores

1981 • 288 citations

FISH PREDATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF GASTROPOD SHELL SCULPTURE: EXPERIMENTAL AND GEOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE

1979 • 281 citations

Carnivore Brain Size, Behavioral Ecology, and Phylogeny

1986 • 277 citations

The significance of spectral position in the rhodopsins of tropical marine fishes

1973 • 270 citations

Sexual Dimorphism in the Body Size of Mustelids (Carnivora): The Roles of Food Habits and Breeding Systems

1980 • 266 citations

Water and Energy Flux in Elephant Seal Pups Fasting under Natural Conditions

1978 • 261 citations

Carnivore Life History Patterns: Allometric, Phylogenetic, and Ecological Associations

1986 • 255 citations

Energy Metabolism, Brain Size and Longevity in Mammals

1983 • 241 citations

Pelage and Molting in Wild Mammals with Special Reference to Aquatic Forms

1970 • 212 citations

Gas transport and oxygen storage capacity in some pinnipeds and the sea otter

1970 • 211 citations

Metabolic rates of seals and whales

1986 • 206 citations

Birth to weaning in 4 days: remarkable growth in the hooded seal, Cystophora cristata

1985 • 185 citations

Basal energy metabolism of mustelids

1972 • 184 citations

Respiratory Adaptations in Marine Mammals

1973 • 184 citations

Physiology of Diving in Marine Mammals

1981 • 176 citations

THE METABOLISM AND INSULATION OF SEALS AS BARE-SKINNED MAMMALS IN COLD WATER

1957 • 169 citations

Geographic variation in size and sexual dimorphism of North American weasels

1985 • 168 citations

Food Studies on Captive Otters Lutra lutra L.

1968 • 157 citations

Oxygen consumption, thermoregulation, and the effect of fur oiling and washing on the sea otter, Enhydra lutris

1982 • 154 citations

The Natural History of Otters.

1986 • 147 citations

Territoriality of the Otter Lutra lutra L

1968 • 147 citations

A comparison of the feeding biology of Mink Mustela vison and otter Lutra lutra

1981 • 145 citations

Evolution of skull shape in carnivores: 2. Additional modern carnivores

1981 • 137 citations

Ecology of Otters in Northern Scotland. III. The Use of Faeces as Indicators of Otter (Lutra lutra) Density and Distribution

1980 • 131 citations

THE EVOLUTION OF THE USE OF TOOLS BY FEEDING ANIMALS

1972 • 130 citations

Tool-Using Behavior of the California Sea Otter

1964 • 125 citations

Sea Otter Time Budgets and Prey Relationships in Alaska

1986 • 121 citations

OBSERVATIONS ON THE VENOUS SYSTEM IN CERTAIN PINNIPEDIA AND CETACEA

1956 • 119 citations

Home Range of the Otter Lutra lutra L. in Southern Sweden

1967 • 119 citations

Aquatic Mammals: their Adaptations to Life in the Water

1930 • 114 citations

Activity and Prey Election in the Sea Otter: Influence of Population Status on Community Structure

1982 • 111 citations

THE COMPOSITION OF THE MILK OF WILD ANIMALS

1962 • 111 citations

Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity

1976 • 108 citations

Adaptive Evolution of Sea Lions and Walruses

1976 • 107 citations

Food Ecology of Otters in Natal, South Africa

1977 • 107 citations

Metabolism and Thermoregulation in the Sea Otter

1974 • 104 citations

Pattern and depth of dives in Northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris

1986 • 103 citations

Otters. A Study of the Recent Lutrinae

1968 • 102 citations

Notes on the River Otter (Lutra canadensis)

1951 • 93 citations

Weddell Seal

1981 • 91 citations

Locomotory patterns and external morphology of the river otter, sea otter, and harp seal (Mammalia)

1972 • 91 citations

Physiological strategies in lactation

1985 • 90 citations

Evolution of somatic sensory specialization in otter brains

1968 • 89 citations

Sea Water Drinking and Water Flux in Starved and in Fed Harbor Seals, Phoca vitulina

1971 • 86 citations

The Environment of Amchitka Island, Alaska

1979 • 79 citations

Behavioral Capabilities of Seals and Sea Lions: A Review of Their Hearing, Visual, Learning and Diving Skills

1981 • 74 citations

Social organization of sea otters in Prince William Sound, Alaska

1984 • 74 citations

Reproduction in the Otter, Lutra Canadensis

1964 • 73 citations

Energy, Nitrogen, and Electrolyte Flux and Sea Water Drinking in the Sea Otter Enhydra Lutris

1982 • 70 citations

Relative Brain Size in Marine Mammals

1986 • 69 citations

Spacing and foraging of otters (Lutra lutra) in a marine habitat

1978 • 67 citations

Optimal foraging in an amphibious mammal. I. The aqualung effect

1979 • 66 citations

Insulation of furs in water

1974 • 66 citations

Winter Food Habits of Mink in Southern Michigan

1943 • 59 citations

Cetacean visual pigments

1971 • 59 citations

Age determination and morphological variation of Ontario otters

1977 • 58 citations

Seawater drinking in eared seals

1981 • 56 citations

A “Deep Sea Rhodopsin” in a Mammal

1970 • 55 citations

Early Behavioral Development of the Sea Otter, Enhydra lutris

1984 • 55 citations

A Double-Survey Estimate for Sighting Probability of Sea Otters in California

1988 • 53 citations

Activity-Time Budgets of Sea Otters in California

1986 • 52 citations

Population density, home range size and spatial organization of the Cape clawless otter, Aonyx capensis, in a marine habitat

1986 • 49 citations

The Role of Mink and Otter as Muskrat Predators in Northeastern North Carolina

1954 • 46 citations

Exploitation of Marine Mammals: r-Selection of K-Strategists?

1979 • 45 citations

Ecology of Otters in Northern Scotland: I. Otter (Lutra lutra) Breeding and Dispersion in Mid-Deeside, Aberdeenshire in 1974-79

1980 • 44 citations

Population Status of River Otter in Western Oregon

1977 • 43 citations

December Food Habits of Mink in Missouri

1958 • 43 citations

Underwater predatory behaviour of the American mink (Mustela vison)

1976 • 43 citations

The anal scent sacs of the otter (Lutra Intra)

1978 • 42 citations

Maternal Behavior in the California Sea Otter

1973 • 39 citations

Home Range and Territoriality of Sea Otters Near Monterey, California

1980 • 39 citations

Reproduction in the Female Sea Otter

1966 • 39 citations

Prey of the Cape clawless otter (Aonyx capensis) in the Tsitsikama Coastal National Park, South Africa

1981 • 38 citations

Observations on the anatomy of the respiratory system of the river otter, sea otter, and harp seal. I. The topography, weight, and measurements of the lungs

1973 • 32 citations

The Evolutionary Advantages of Being Stupid

1973 • 29 citations

Water Balance in California Sea Lions

1970 • 29 citations

Observations on the anatomy of the respiratory system of the river otter, sea otter, and harp seal. II. The trachea and bronchial tree

1973 • 28 citations

Composition of milk of the sea otter (Enhydra lutris)

1981 • 27 citations

Chapter 10. Attendance and Diving Behavior of South American Fur Seals during El Niño in 1983

1986 • 25 citations

The Fishing Strategy of the Mink (Mustela Vison); Time-Budgeting of Hunting Effort ?

1978 • 25 citations

Territorialst and Mating Behavior in Prince William Sound Sea Otters

1975 • 24 citations

Amphibious Nature of Visual Acuity in the Asian “Clawless” Otter

1973 • 23 citations

Aerial and underwater visual acuity in the mink mustela vison schreber

1974 • 23 citations

Chapter 4. Feeding and Diving Behavior of Northern Fur Seals

1986 • 22 citations

Chapter 7. Diving Behavior of Antarctic Fur Seals

1986 • 21 citations

A CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SPOTTED‐NECKED OTTER (LUTRA MACULICOLLIS LICHTENSTEIN) IN TANGANYIKA

1963 • 20 citations

Underwater Vision of the Sea Otter

1967 • 19 citations

Ecology of otters in northern Scotland. VI. Diving times and hunting success of otters (Lutra lutra) at Dinnet Lochs, Aberdeenshire and in Yell Sound, Shetland

1986 • 18 citations

Food and feeding habits of otters Lutra lutra at Loch Park, north‐east Scotland

1973 • 18 citations

The Origin and Adaptive Advantages of Delayed Implantation in Mustela erminea

1984 • 17 citations

Chapter 14. Diving Behavior of Galapagos Sea Lions

1986 • 15 citations

Chapter 12. Diving Behavior of Galapagos Fur Seals

1986 • 15 citations

Chapter 9. Diving Behavior of South African Fur Seals

1986 • 15 citations

Observations on the breeding habits of the Indian smooth otter: Lutrogale perspicillata: in captivity

1974 • 14 citations

Observations on the Oriental short‐clawed otter: at Aberdeen Zoo

1970 • 10 citations

AN INCIDENCE OF TWINNING IN THE SEA OTTER (ENHYDRA LUTRIS)

1986 • 9 citations

Sea Otter Studies in the Vicinity of Amchitka Island

1971 • 6 citations

Observations on Birds of the Blue Mountains

1975 • 6 citations

Otter havens in norfolk & suffolk, England

1979 • 5 citations