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" Otters : "
Hans Kruuk
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BL
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688905
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b511094
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| Main Entry
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Kruuk, H., (Hans)
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Otters : : ecology, behaviour, and conservation /\ Hans Kruuk
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2006
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xii, 265 p. :: ill. ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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0198565860
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: 0198565879
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: 9780198565864
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: 9780198565871
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-260) and index
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| Contents
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1. Otter ecology and its background -- 2. 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
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Otters
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QL737.C25K785 2006
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