If drink coffee at the coffee-shop is the answer, what is the question? Some comments on the use of the sprainting index to monitor otters

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 560-561

  Calzada, Javier ^a   Delibes Mateos, Miguel ^b,c   Clavero, Miguel ^d,e   Delibes, Miguel ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^f DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OTTER (LUTRA LUTRA); POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

ECOLOGY; PELLETIZING; SURVEYS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 70449091059     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.06.012     Document Type: Letter

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