Feeding habits of otters living on three moors in the Pannonian ecoregion (Hungary)

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 358-366

  Lanszki, József ^a   Széles, Gabriella L ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Diet; Drought period; Fish; Lutra lutra; Spraint analysis

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; DROUGHT; MUSTELID; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SIZE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; PANNONIAN BASIN;

ANATIDAE; CARASSIUS; CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 33846452135     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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