Prey selection by smooth-coated otter ( Lutrogale perspicillata ) in response to the variation in fi sh abundance in Upper Gangetic Plains, India

Mammalia

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-65

  Nawab, Asghar ^a   Hussain, Syed Ainul ^b  

^a Freshwater and Wetlands Programme   (India)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Corbett tiger reserve; Mustelids; Prey selection; River ecosystems; Smooth coated otter

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CARNIVORE; CRAB; CYPRINID; FELID; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MUSTELID; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION;

CORBETT NATIONAL PARK; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; BARILIUS BENDELISIS; CARNIVORA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GLYPTOTHORAX; LABEO; LABEO DYOCHEILUS; LUTRINAE; LUTROGALE PERSPICILLATA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELIDAE; PUNTIUS TICTO; SALMONIDAE; SCHIZOTHORAX RICHARDSONII; SISORIDAE;

EID: 84859786142     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2011.105     Document Type: Article

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