Factors affecting the occurrence of smooth-coated otter in aquatic systems of the Upper Gangetic Plains, India

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 616-625

  Nawab, Asghar ^a   Hussain, Syed Ainul ^b  

^a Freshwater and Wetlands Programme   (India)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Distribution; Floodplains; Lutrogale perspicillata; Protected area; Reservoirs; Rivers

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEEP WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE; LIVESTOCK; MICROHABITAT; MUSTELID; PROTECTED AREA; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER BANK; SLOPE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WILD POPULATION;

CORBETT NATIONAL PARK; GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA; UTTARAKHAND;

CARNIVORA; LUTRINAE; LUTROGALE PERSPICILLATA;

EID: 84867522573     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2253     Document Type: Article

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