Seasonal and habitat-related variation of otter Lutra lutra diet in a Mediterranean river catchment (Italy)

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-97

  Smiroldo, Giorgio ^a   Balestrieri, Alessandro ^a   Remonti, Luigi ^a   Prigioni, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative preys; Altitude; Amphibians; Main river; Tributaries

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CATCHMENT; DIET; HABITAT QUALITY; HIBERNATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MUSTELID; PISCIVORY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AGRI RIVER; BASILICATA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA;

EID: 64349119951     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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