Restoring river otters in Indiana

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 419-427

  Johnson, Scott A ^a   Berkley, Kim A ^a  

^a INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Home range; Indiana; Lontra canadensis; Reintroduction; River otter; Survival; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; MUSTELID; PERSISTENCE; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

LONTRA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0032834425     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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