Comparison of the feeding habits of Eurasian otters on a fast flowing river and its backwater habitats

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 336-346

  Lanszki, J ^a   Sallai, Z ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

fish electivity, Drava, Hungary; Lutra lutra

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BACKWATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; RIVER FLOW;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DRAU RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; CARNIVORA; INVERTEBRATA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 33750025952     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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