1. Otter ecology and its background
2. Thirteen otters of the world : some natural history
3. Evolutionary relationships, questions and methods of otter ecology
5. Groups and loners : social organization
6. Scent marking and interactions : social behaviour
8. Resources : about fish and other prey
9. Otters fishing : hunting behaviour and strategies
10. Thermo-insulation : a limiting factor
11. Populations, recruitment and competition
12. Survival and mortality
13. Syntheses : challenges to otter survival
14. Otters, people and conservation.
1 Otter ecology and its background; 2 Pen pictures. Thirteen otters of the world: some natural history; 3 Evolutionary relationships, questions and methods of otter ecology; 4 Habitats; 5 Groups and loners: social organization; 6 Scent marking and interactions: social behaviour; 7 Diet; 8 Resources: about fish and other prey; 9 Otters fishing: hunting behaviour and strategies; 10 Thermo-insulation: a limiting factor; 11 Populations, recruitment and competition; 12 Survival and mortality; 13 Syntheses: challenges to otter survival; 14 Otters, people and conservation; References.
