Assertion: sea otter's population | /r/CapableOf | increase abundance
Facets:
value: with becoming contiguous
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: As remnant populations increased their range and abundance, dedicated counts were made, eventually leading to the first systematic population monitoring (Barabash-Nikiforov, 1947; Lensink, 1962; Kenyon, 1969).
text: Eventually, remnant and introduced populations increased in abundance and distribution, with some becoming contiguous over spatial scales of thousands of kilometers and comprising tens of thousands of individuals.