| Wild Otters: Predation and Populations Contributor(s): Kruuk, Hans (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198540701 ISBN-13: 9780198540700 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $156.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1995 Annotation: 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 behavior. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Mammals - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Mammals - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 599.744 |
| LCCN: 94034842 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.36 lbs) 302 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 behavior. |