Introductions of aquatic rodents: Lessons of the muskrat Ondatra zibethicus invasion

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-220

  Danell, Kjell ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

dispersal; impact on biota; introductions; invasion; muskrat; Ondatra zibethicus; population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; COLA; KOLA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030425422     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1996.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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