MONITORING OF OTTER LUTRA LUTRA IN THE TUR RIVER NATURAL RESERVATION
2008
SIKE Tamás | MÁRK NAGY János
This paper reports on the results of a field survey carried out in the winter of 2005 – 2006 on the “Tur River“Natural Reservation. The species shows a continuous presence along the river Tur in the territory of the Reservation. Signs were registered at the desolated parts of fishponds, where human influence is minimal, and in the major oxbows. The distribution of otter in the study area seems to be not limited by the fragmentation of habitats, or other ecological barriers. Otters inhabit all the aquatic habitats from the territory of the Reservation, constituting a relative dense and continuous population, which is a part of a larger, wide-ranging population from the region. For protection and maintain the otter population from we suggest the preclusion of the loss of wetlands. The extension of the protected areas and a suitable management can ensure the maintenance and increase of otter population in the future.
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