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A study of Habitat Use Pattern of River Otters (Lutra lutra) with Land-cover Map  

Lee, Sang-Don (Dept. of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Ewha Womans University)
Cho, Heesun (Dept. of Environmental Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Ewha Womans University)
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Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment / v.14, no.6, 2005 , pp. 377-385 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Eurasian otter(Lutra lutra) is listed as No. 330 in natural monument. To manage and conserve habitat for otters, it is critical to understand which habitat components are important for otters. The objectives of this study were to analyze otter habitat characteristics in accordance with land-cover map. We investigated otter spraints and sprainting site in Geoje Island from January to December, 2004. with GPS coordinates. The analysis of otter habitat use pattern was used by Arcview ver. 3.2 with 1: 25,000 Topology Map and field data. Otter habitat use was strongly related to sites in riparian vegetation riparian(dam or river) structures. In this study, Gucheon was a site with high coverage of riparian vegetation and unconfined channels, thus recording higher number of spraint densities than those of Yeonchocheon. Yeonchocheon was under construction at lower stream areas so that otter habitat use was limited. This study suggests that securing suitable forests and riparian vegetation zone is essential for conservation of otters.
Keywords
Eurasian otter; Habitat use; Land-cover map; GPS; Topology map; Korea;
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