Title:

Otter Lutra lutra distribution in Poland

Creator:

Brzeziński, M. ; Romanowski, J. ; Cygan, J. P. ; Pabin, B.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1996

Description:

In a field survey of Poland in 1991-1994, signs of otters Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) were found at 1655 (79.5%) of the 2083 investigated sites. Widespread in most of the country, otters were especially common in the lakelands (N Poland), along the western and eastern borders, and in the Karpaty/Carpathian Mts (SE Poland). Two large areas with only few positive sites were identified in Śląsk/Silesia (SW Poland) and central Poland. Otters inhabit the majority of large rivers in Poland, except some sections of Odra/Oder and Wisła/Vistula. The dynamics of the otter population in Poland in recent decades is difficult to investigate, mainly due to the scare questionnaire data fron sixties and seventies, however, present records suggest that the otter has extended its range, and is no longer endangered species in Poland.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

distribution ; Lutra lutra ; national survey ; Poland ; wydra ; Polska

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

41

Issue:

2

Start page:

113

End page:

126

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.96-11

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Sum. eng.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open