Winter selection of habitats within intertidal foraging areas by mink (Mustela vison)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 419-424

  Bonesi, Laura ^a,b   Dunstone, Nigel ^a   O'Connell, Mark ^a,c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

American mink; Habitat selection; Interspecific competition; Mustela vison

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MUSTELID; PREY AVAILABILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

LUTRA LUTRA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 0034055809     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836900003149     Document Type: Article

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