%0 Journal Article
%T The Use of Artificial Lakes on Golf Courses as Feeding Areas by the Otter (Lutra lutra) in Southern Spain
%A Jes¨²s Duarte
%A Miguel ¨˘ngel Farf¨˘n
%A J. Mario Vargas
%J IUCN Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
%D 2011
%I IUCN Otter Specialist Group
%X During the spring and summer of 2010 evidence was found that otters were using artificial lakes on golf courses in southern Spain as feeding areas. The remains of carp and turtles eaten by the otters were found. The presence of these otters may be influences by distances to and connections with natural habitats of the species. The use of these lakes as a potential feeding area is occurring at a time when there is a great deal of environmental stress in the Mediterranean region.
%K golf courses
%K Mediterranean habitats
%K environmental stress
%K feeding area
%K feeding remnants
%K Eurasian otter
%U http://www.otterspecialistgroup.org/Bulletin/Volume28/Duarte_et_al_2011.pdf