Size of marsh frogs in the diet of Eurasian otter in southern Bulgaria

Hystrix

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-59

  Georgiev, Dilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Anurans; Body length; Eastern Europe; Lutra lutra; Pelophylax ridibundus

Indexed keywords

ANURA; CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; PELOPHYLAX;

EID: 58149231146     PISSN: 03941914     EISSN: 18255272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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