The impact of American mink Mustela vison on water birds in the upper Thames

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 701-708

  Ferreras, P ^a,b   Macdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coots; Diet; Habitat; Moorhens; Predation; Riparian; River

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING SEASON; MAMMAL; PREDATION;

ENGLAND; LONDON; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; GALLINULA; GALLUS GALLUS; GRUIFORMES; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA VISON; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RALLIDAE; RIPARIA; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS;

EID: 0032743761     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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