Otters : ecology, behaviour, and conservation /

Otters : ecology, behaviour, and conservation /

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Author / Creator:Kruuk, H. (Hans), author.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subject:
Otters.
Otters.
Otters.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11152676
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ISBN:9780191513725
0191513725
9781280903830
128090383X
9781429470186
1429470186
9786610903832
6610903832
9780191728228
0191728225
9780198565864
0198565860
9780198565871
0198565879
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-260) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Hans Kruuk offers a meticulous survey of otter species and recent research into their ecology, covering all 13 species worldwide & emphasising conservation management initiatives.
Other form:Print version: Kruuk, H. (Hans). Otters. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0198565860 0198565879
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Otter ecology and its background; 2 Pen pictures. Thirteen otters of the world: some natural history; 3 Evolutionary relationships, questions and methods of otter ecology; 4 Habitats; 5 Groups and loners: social organization; 6 Scent marking and interactions: social behaviour; 7 Diet; 8 Resources: about fish and other prey; 9 Otters fishing: hunting behaviour and strategies; 10 Thermo-insulation: a limiting factor; 11 Populations, recruitment and competition; 12 Survival and mortality; 13 Syntheses: challenges to otter survival; 14 Otters, people and conservation; References.

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