Revealing the prey items of the otter Lutra lutra in South West England using stomach contents analysis

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-174

  Britton, J Robert ^a   Pegg, Josephine ^a   Shepherd, Jonathan S ^a   Toms, Simon ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Eel; Eurasian otter; Foraging

Indexed keywords

EEL; FISH; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; PREY SIZE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; AVES; CARNIVORA; CHELON; COTTUS GOBIO; CYPRINIDAE; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; SALMO TRUTTA; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 33746901136     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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