Seasonal variation in the feeding habits of riparian mustelids in river valleys of NE Belarus

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 233-242

  Sidorovich, Vadim E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Environmental variation; Food niche overlaps; Lutra lutra; Mustela lutreola; Mustela putorius; Mustela vison

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

(NORTHEAST); BELARUS;

MUSTELA LUTREOLA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 0033911289     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.00-25     Document Type: Article

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