Behaviour and Ecology of Riparian Mammals

ISBN: 9780521038072 出版年：1998 页码：403 Nigel Dunstone Martyn L Gorman Cambridge University Press

List of contributors Preface 1. Adaptations to the semi-aquatic habit and habitat N. Dunstone 2. Physiological challenges in semi-aquatic mammals: swimming against the energetic tide T. M. Williams 3. Diving capacity and foraging behaviour of the water shrew (Neomys fodiens) P. Vogel, C. Bodmer, M. Spreng and J. Aeschimann 4. Habitat use by water shrews, the smallest of amphibious mammals S. Churchfield 5. The importance of the riparian environment as a habitat for British bats P. A. Racey 6. A preliminary study of the behaviour of the European mink Mustela lutreola in Spain, by means of radiotracking S. Palazon and J. Ruiz-Olmo 7. The demography of European otters Lutra lutra M. L. Gorman, H. Kruuk, C. Jones, G. McLaren and J. W. H. Conroy 8. Habitat use and conservation of otters (Lutra lutra) in Britain: a review H. Kruuk, D. N. Carss, J. W. H. Conroy and M. J. Gaywood 9. The relationship between riverbank habitat and prey availability and the distribution of otter (Lutra lutra) signs: an analysis using a geographical information system T. J. Thom, C. J. Thomas, N. Dunstone and P. R. Evans 10. Influence of altitude on the distribution, abundance and ecology of the otter (Lutra lutra) J. Ruiz-Olmo 11. Diets of semi-aquatic carnivores in northern Belarus, with implications for population changes V. Sidorovich, H. Kruuk, D. W. Macdonald and T. Maran 12. Otter (Lutra lutra) prey selection in relation to fish abundance and community structure in two different freshwater habitats D. N. Carss, K. C. Nelson, P. J. Bacon and H. Kruuk 13. Diet, foraging behaviour and coexistence of African otters and the water mongoose D. T. Rowe-Rowe and M. J. Somers 14. Feeding ecology of the smooth-coated otter Lutra perspicillata in the National Chambal Sanctuary, India S. A. Hussain and B. C. Choudhury 15. Population trends of hippopotami in the rivers of the Kruger National Park, South Africa P. C. Viljoen and H. C. Biggs 16. Reproductive strategies of female capybaras: dry-season gestation E. A. Herrera 17. The continuing decline of the European mink Mustela lutreola: evidence for the intraguild aggression hypothesis T. Maran, D. W. Macdonald, H. Kruuk, V. Sidorovich and V. V. Rozhnov 18. Otters and pollution in Spain J. Ruiz-Olmo, J. M. Lopez-Martin and M. Delibes 19. The rapid impact of resident American mink on water voles: case studies in lowland England C. Strachan, D. J. Jeffries, G. R. Barreto, D. W. Macdonald and R. Strachan 20. Status, habitat use and conservation of giant otter in Peru C. Schenck and E. Staib Index.