American mink Mustela vison in the upper thames catchment: Relationship with selected prey species and den availability

Biological Conservation

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-56

  Halliwell, E C ^a,b   Macdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

American mink; Den sites; Fish; Moorhen; Upper Thames catchment; Water voles

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INK; MINK; MOORHEN; WATER VOLE;

UK, ENGLAND, THAMES VALLEY;

ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; GALLINULA CHLOROPUS; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELA VISION;

EID: 0029667668     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00072-0     Document Type: Article

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