Survivorship of captive-bred and wild-caught reintroduced European otters Lutra lutra in Sweden

Biological Conservation

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-165

  Sjöåsen, Thomas ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation; Lutra lutra; Reintroduction; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

LUTRA LUTRA; CARNIVORA; LUTRINAE;

OTTER; REINTRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0029668273     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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