Using videotaping to validate the use of spraints as an index of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) activity

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 462-465

  Guter, Amichai ^a,c   Dolev, Amit ^b,c   Saltz, David ^b   Kronfeld Schor, Noga ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Activity measurements scent marking; Eurasian otter; Israel; Spraints; Validation; Videotaping

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; ODORS;

ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS SCENT MARKING; EURASIAN OTTER; SCENT-MARKING BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPING;

MAMMALS;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CARNIVORE; FECES; HABITAT SELECTION; MAMMAL; MANURE; MARKING METHOD; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA;

EID: 40649091598     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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