IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group Bulletin
© IUCN/SCC Otter Specialist Group

Volume 19 Issue 1 Pages 1 - 61 (April 2002)

Note from the Editor
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Unfortunately, only 25% of the persons on my old address list responded this year to renew their subscription, although the subscription remains free for those who cannot afford, or do not want, to contribute. Possibly, many people on my address list are no longer working with otters and are no longer interested in receiving the Bulletin. This issue is not sent to the 'silent' 75% anymore, but only to those who responded by sending the leaflet, published an article over previous years, or served as reviewers. As there is a steady flow of requests for copies from new people, the wide distribution of the IUCN OSG Bulletin to those who are actively interested and working with otters will continue.

The review process is a guarantee of high scientific quality in publishing. The (mostly) anonymous review process helps authors to maximise the potential of their research and helps readers to understand its purpose. It is time consuming, unpaid and absolutely vital. I would like to thank all reviewers for their expert assistance over the last two years and apologise if I have inadvertently overlooked any referee in the list below: Michaela Bodner, Hanne Christensen, Liane Geidezis, Lee Harding, Silke Hauer, Marjana Honigsfeld, Jutta Jahrl, Michael Knollseisen, Andreas Kranz, Hans Kruuk, Lionel Lafontaine, Geoff Liles, Aksel Bo Madsen, Chris Mason, Jordi Ruiz-Olmo, Sheila Sykes-Gatz, Paul Yoxon.

Many thanks to James Fairley, Ulrich Fehlberg, Juan Pablo Gallo Reynoso, Silke Hauer and Don Jefferies, who have all provided information on recent publications.

Kevin Roche (Czech Republic) again functions as a reader for those contributions which have not been reviewed by at least one native speaker; whilst Alvaro Soutullo (Uruguay) and Lional Lafontaine (France) translated the abstracts into Spanish and French. I also have to thank the 'Otter Bulletin Team' for their continuing help, namely Hans van den Berg and Annemarie Gerritsen (Wageningen), and Els Hoogsteede-Veens and Erwin Hellegering of GRAFISCH SERVICE CENTRUM VAN GILS (Wageningen).

Finally, I can now inform you that the work on the proceedings of the conference held in Trebon in 1998 is finished and that the book is already printed! Please contact me for details if you want to receive a copy.

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