Status and diet of the otter Lutra lutra in Northern Ireland

Biology and Environment

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-63

  Preston, S J ^a   Portig, A A ^a   Montgomery, W I ^a   McDonald, R A ^a   Fairley, J S ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; CARNIVORA; CYPRINIDAE; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 33745884127     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2006.106.1.56     Document Type: Article

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