00897cam0 22002771 450 SOBE0001769020150709083951.0071007087x20110914d1971 |||||ita|0103 baengGBWalt WhitmanEdited by Milton HindusLondonRoutledge & Kegan Paul1971XI,292 p.22 cm<The >critical heritage series001LAEC000186082001 The *critical heritage seriesHindus, MiltonSOBA00000908070ITUNISOB20150709RICAUNISOBUNISOB820|Coll|6|K33144SOBE00017690M 102 Monografia moderna SBNM820|Coll|6|K000004SI33144acquistoNGrecoUNISOBUNISOB20110914111848.020150709083951.0AlfanoWalt Whitman1041081UNISOB02863nam 22006373u 450 991096922090332120251116203741.01-280-90383-X0-19-151372-51-4294-7018-6(CKB)1000000000413252(EBL)431023(OCoLC)137241436(SSID)ssj0000216735(PQKBManifestationID)11202738(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216735(PQKBWorkID)10201574(PQKB)10558684(MiAaPQ)EBC431023(MiAaPQ)EBC7033615(Au-PeEL)EBL7033615(PPN)140515534(EXLCZ)99100000000041325220130418d2006|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrOtters Ecology, Behaviour and ConservationOxford Oxford University Press, UK20061 online resource (278 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-856586-0 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; ReferencesIndexOtters 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 ofOttersOttersVertebratesHILCCZoologyHILCCHealth & Biological SciencesHILCCOtters.Otters.VertebratesZoologyHealth & Biological Sciences599.769Kruuk H(Hans)1158096AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910969220903321Otters4450917UNINA