Is there current competition between sympatric Siberian weasels (Mustela sibirica) and ferret badgers (Melogale moschata) in a subtropical forest ecosystem of Taiwan?

Zoological Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 443-451

  Wu, Hai Yin ^a,b  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diet; Ferret badger; Habitat segregation; Interspecific competition; Siberian weasel

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; MELOGALE MOSCHATA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; MUSTELA SIBIRICA; MUSTELINAE; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; RODENTIA; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; SORICIDAE; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033211766     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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