Otters: Ecology and Conservation

by S.M. Macdonald, C.F. Mason, S.M. MacDonald

Book Overview

This book focuses on the European otter, describing its life history, including fresh information and providing details of survey methods and the state of populations throughout the range. Otters have decreased substantially in numbers and range during the present century through a combination of pollution, habitat destruction and direct persecution. The otter, at the top of the food chain, is a vulnerable animal in a vulnerable environment - the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521101344
• ISBN13: 9780521101349
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"