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Otters in Morocco

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Sheila M. Macdonald
Affiliation:
The Vincent Wildlife Trust. Baltic Exchange Buildings, 21 Bury Street, London EC3A 5AU, UK.
Christopher F. Mason
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, UK.
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That otter numbers have declined in northern Europe is well known and the Vincent Wildlife Trust is attempting to discover how far this is also true in the southern part the otter's range. Healthy populations have been found in Portugal, Greece and northern Tunisia but declines have occurred in other Mediterranean countries. Here the authors describe the results of a survey in Morocco.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1984

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