Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) diet and prey selection in Mediterranean streams invaded by centrarchid fishes

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 641-648

  Blanco Garrido, Francisco ^a   Prenda, José ^a   Narvaez, Marta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological conservation; Guadiana basin; Iberian freshwater fishes; Invasive species; Mediterranean streams; Otter; Predation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MUSTELID; PERCID; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADIANA BASIN; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BARBUS; CARNIVORA; CENTRARCHIDAE; CHONDROSTOMA; LEPOMIS GIBBOSUS; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PISCES; SQUALIUS;

EID: 44049088749     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9158-1     Document Type: Article

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