Otters : ecology, behaviour, and conservation /
Hans Kruuk offers a meticulous survey of otter species and recent research into their ecology, covering all 13 species worldwide & emphasising conservation management initiatives.
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | OUP E-Books.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Otter ecology and its background; 2 Pen pictures. Thirteen otters of the world: some natural history; 3 Evolutionary relationships, questions and methods of otter ecology; 4 Habitats; 5 Groups and loners: social organization; 6 Scent marking and interactions: social behaviour; 7 Diet; 8 Resources: about fish and other prey; 9 Otters fishing: hunting behaviour and strategies; 10 Thermo-insulation: a limiting factor; 11 Populations, recruitment and competition; 12 Survival and mortality; 13 Syntheses: challenges to otter survival; 14 Otters, people and conservation; References.
