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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 17 August 2006
- ISBN 9780198565871
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages280 pages
- Size 246x189x16 mm
- Weight 640 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous halftones and line figures 0
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Short description:
Otters 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.
MoreLong description:
Otters are highly charismatic and popular animals of very considerable concern to conservationists worldwide. Written by the pre-eminent authority in the field, this book builds on the reputation of the author's landmark monograph of the European otter, Wild Otters (OUP, 1995). Furthermore, its broader scope to include all species of otter in North America as well as Europe and elsewhere leads to a deeper synthesis that greatly expands the book's overall relevance and potential readership.
Aimed at naturalists, scientists and conservationists, its personal style and generously illustrated text will appeal to amateurs and professionals alike. It emphasises recent research and conservation management initiatives for all 13 species of otter worldwide, incorporates recent molecular research on taxonomy and population genetics, and discusses the wider implications of otter studies for ecology and conservation biology.
As well as enchanting direct observations of the animals, there is guidance about how and where to watch and study them. From otters in the British and American lakes and rivers, to sea otters in the Pacific Ocean, giant otters in the Amazon and other species in Africa and Asia, this book provides an engaging approach to their fascinating existence, to the science needed to understand it, and to the very real threats to their survival.
Anyone interested in the countryside or animals should have this on their bookshelves. Highland News, January 2008.
Table of Contents:
Otter ecology and its background
Pen-pictures. Thirteen otters of the world: some natural history
Evolutionary relationships, questions and methods of otter ecology
Habitats
Groups and loners: social organization
Scent-marking and interactions: social behaviour
Diets
Resources: about fish and other prey
Otters fishing: hunting behaviour and strategies
Thermo- insulation: a limiting factor
Populations, recruitment and competition
Survival and mortality
Syntheses: challenges to otter survival
Otters, people and conservation
