Relationship of introduced mink, an island race of muskrat, and marginal habitat

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 251-258

  Soper, Leah R ^a,b   Payne, Neil F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b Newfoundland Wildlife Division   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND POPULATION; MARGINAL HABITAT; MINK; MUSKRAT; PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIP;

CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND;

MUSELA VISON; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS OBSCURUS; TYPHA; TYPHACEAE;

EID: 0031425985     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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