Wild Otters Predation and Populations

Name: Wild Otters Predation and Populations
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ISBN: 9780198540700

ISBN-10: 0198540701

ISBN-13: 9780198540700

Edition: 1995

Authors: Hans Kruuk

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Wild Otters answers the need for an up-to-date, scientifically-oriented introduction to the Lutra lutra species. Based in part on the author's extensive field observations, the book provides a superb basis for active conservation management of a species faced with an increasingly hostile environment. Topics include social organization and behavior, food and foraging strategies, ecological information on their main prey fish, problems of energetics and thermo-insulation, population structure, mortality and reproduction, and the impact of humans. Packed with illustrations and photographs, Wild Otters is perfect for students and researchers in ecology, conservation, zoology, and animal…

Book details

List price: $165.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/6/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 302
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.53" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.276

Hans Kruuk is Honorary Professor of Zoology, University of Aberdeen and Senior Principal Scientific Officer (Retired) at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Banchory.




Introduction



Spatial Organization, Holts, and Habitat



Social Behavior



Diet



Fish as Prey: Numbers, Behavior, and Availability



Otters Fishing: Hunting Behavior and Strategies



Thermo-insulation of Otters in the Sea and Fresh Water



Populations, Survival, and Mortality



Synthesis: Some Generalizations and Speculations



Otters, Man, and Conservation