Winter distribution and abundance of mustelids and beavers in the river valleys of Bialowieza Primeval Forest

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-170

  Sidorovich, Vadim E ^a   Jȩdrzejewska, Bogumiła ^b   Jȩdrzejewski, Włodzimierz ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Belarus)

^b Workshop Ecol Protect Nat E   (Poland)

^c MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

American mink; beaver; Bialowieza Forest; habitat niches; otter; polecat; stoat; weasel

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELA PUTORIUS; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELIDAE; MUSTELINAE; RIPARIA;

ABUNDANCE; RIVER VALLEY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WINTER;

BELARUS, BIALOWIEZA FOREST; POLAND, BIALOWIEZA FOREST;

EID: 0029660150     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.96-15     Document Type: Article

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