Range and diet of Eurasian otters Lutra lutra (L.) in the catchment of the River Lee (south-east England) since re-introduction

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-76

  Copp, Gordon H ^a,b   Roche, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Czech Otter Foundation Fund   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Conservation and angling amenity; Cyprinids; Dietary electivities; Dispersion; Food preferences; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; RANGE EXPANSION; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CARNIVORA; CYPRINIDAE; LEUCISCUS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; LUTRA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 0037216914     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.561     Document Type: Article

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