Otters : Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kruuk, H. (Hans)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Otters.

Local Subjects:

Otters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, UK, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Otters are highly charismatic and popular animals of very considerable concern to conservationists worldwide. There is a real need for an affordable, well illustrated and appealing text that also contains substantial factual information. This book will build on the reputation of Kruuk's landmark monograph of the European Otter (Wild Otters) published by OUP in 1995. Furthermore, its broader scope to include all otter species should lead to a deeper synthesis that will greatly. expand the book's overall relevance and potential readership. - ;Otters are highly charismatic and popular animals of

Contents:

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

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-90383-X

0-19-151372-5

1-4294-7018-6

OCLC:

137241436