The autumnal diet of otter (Lutra lutra) inhabiting four streams in the Czech Republic

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-16

  Jurajda, Pavel ^a   Prášek, Václav ^b   Roche, Kevin ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Diet; Lutra lutra

Indexed keywords

DIET; OTTER;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

LUTRA LUTRA;

EID: 0029662443     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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