Length relationships of cyprinid prey in diet analysis of Eurasian otter Lutra lutra in Mediterranean habitats

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 443-447

  Miranda, Rafael ^a   Díez León, Maria ^b   Escala, Maria Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barbus graellsii; Chondrostoma miegii; Dietary preferences; Ebro River basin; Leuciscus cephalus

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MUSTELID; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE;

EBRO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BARBUS BARBUS; BARBUS GRAELLSII; CARNIVORA; CHONDROSTOMA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; LUTRA LUTRA;

EID: 30744469609     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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