The distribution of the European mink (Mustela lutreola) in France: Towards a short term extinction?

Mammalia

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 525-532

  Maizeret, C ^a,e   Migot, P ^b   Rosoux, R ^c   Chusseau, J P ^d   Gatelier, T ^e   Maurin, H ^f   Fournier Chambrillon, C ^a  

^a GREGE   (France)

^b ONC   (France)

^c SFEPM Chiroptera Group   (France)

^d Fed Departementale Chasseurs G   (France)

^e Conseil Gen des Landes ^*  (France)

^f MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation; Distribution; European mink; France; Mustela lutreola; Regression

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; MUSTELID; POPULATION DECLINE;

FRANCE;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA LUTREOLA; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036984250     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2002.66.4.525     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. BAILLIE, J. and B. GROOMBRIBGE, 1996. - 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, 368 p.
2. BRAUN, A.J., 1990. - The European mink in France: past and present. Mustelid and Viverrid Conservation, 3: 5-8.
3. BROYER, J. and G. EROME, 1984. - Le Vison d'Europe, Mustela lutreola. Pp. 130-131 in: Atlas des mammifères de France. S.F.E.P.M, Paris.
4. CAMBY, A., 1990. - Encyclopédie des carnivores de France, 13. Le Vison d'Europe (Mustela lutreola Linnaeus, 1767). S.F.E.P.M., Paris, 44 p.
5. DE BELLEFROID, M.N. and R. ROSOUX, 1998. - Le «Vison du Poitou», un hôte des zones humides menacé dans le centre-ouest. Ann. Soc. Sc. nat. Charente Maritime, 8: 865-879.
6. DUNSTONE, N. and J.D.S. BIRKS, 1983. - Activity budget and habitat usage by coast-living mink (Mustela vison). Acta Zool. Fenn., 174: 189-191.
7. FOURNIER, P., B. AASTED, M. ARTOIS and C. FOURNIER-CHAMBRILLON, 2001a. - Sero-prevalencia de la enfermedad aleouciana en los mamíferos carnívoros del Suroeste de Francia: resultados preliminares. Resúmenes de las conferencias y ponencias marco de las quintas jornadas de la SECEM, Vitoria-Gasteiz: 70-71.
8. FOURNIER, P., M. ARTOIS, K. FROELICH, M. LIBERGE, S. MAÑAS, D. PONTIER, A. VUILLAUME and C. FOURNIER-CHAMBRILLON, 2001b. - Primera síntesis de los resultados de las autopsias realizadas sobre el Visón europeo, el Visón americano y el Turón en el Suroeste de Francia. Resúmenes de las conferencias y ponencias marco de las quintas jornadas de la SECEM, Vitoria-Gasteiz: 71.
9. GERELL, R., 1971. - Population studies of mink (Mustela vison) in Sweden. Oikos, 8: 83-109.
10. HALLIWEL, E.C. and D.W. MACDONALD, 1996. - American mink Mustela vison in the upper Thames catchment: relationship with selected prey species and den availability. Biol. Conserv., 76: 51-56.
11. LODE, T., 1995. - Convergence morphologique entre le Putois (Mustela putorius), le Vison américain (M. vison) et le Vison d'Europe (M. lutreola). Gibier Faune Sauvage, 12: 147-158.
12. LODE, T. 2001. - Decline in Endangered Species as an Indication of Antropic Pressures: The case of European Mink Mustela lutreola Western population. Environmental Management, 4: 727-735.
13. MAIZERET, C., H. MAURIN, P. MIGOT and L. LAFONTAINE, 1996. - Etat d'avancement du programme d'étude de la répartition du vison d'Europe en France. Cahiers d'Ethologie, 15: 419-424.
14. MAIZERET, C., P. MIGOT, H. GALINEAU, P. GRISSER and T. LODE, 1998. - Répartition et habitats du Vison d'Europe (Mustela lutreola) en France. Arvicola, Actes «Amiens 97»: 67-72.
15. MAIZERET, C., P. FOURNIER, C. FOURNIER-CHAMBRILLON, J.-P. CHUSSEAU, D. JIMENEZ and F. SPITZ, 2001a. - El Visón europeo (Mustela lutreola) en la región de las Landes de Gascogne: utilización del espacio e indicaciones para la conservación. Resúmenes de las conferencias y ponencias marco de las quintas jornadas de la SECEM, Vitoria-Gasteiz: 93-94.
16. MAIZERET, C., P. FOURNIER, M. N. DE BELLEFROID, R. ROZOUX and S. AULAGNIER, 2001b. - El plan de conservación del Visón europeo en Francia. Resúmenes de las conferencias y ponencias marco de las quintas jornadas de la SECEM, Vitoria-Gasteiz: 93.
17. MARAN, T., 1991. - Distribution of the European mink Mustela lutreola in Estonia: an historical review. Folia Theriologica Estonica, 1: 1-17.
18. MARAN, T., 1992. - The European mink, Mustela lutreola, in protected areas in the former Soviet Union. Small Carnivore Conservation, 7: 10-12.
19. MARAN, T. and H. HENTTONEN, 1995. - Why is the European mink (Mustela lutreola) disappearing? A review of the process and hypotheses. Ann. Zool. Fenn., 32: 47-54.
20. MARAN, T., D.W. MACDONALD, H. KRUUK, V. SIDOROVICH and V.V. ROZHNOV, 1998. - The continuing decline of the European mink Mustela lutreola: evidence for the intraguild aggression hypothesis. Pp. 297-323 in Behaviour and Ecology of Riparian Mammals. Eds. Dunstone and Gorman, Cambridge University Press, London.
21. PALAZÓN S. and J. RUIZ-OLMO, 1997. - El visón europeo y el visón americano en España. Ministerio de medio ambiente, Madrid, 133p.
22. PALAZÓN S. and J. RUIZ-OLMO, 1998. - A preliminary study of the behaviour of the European mink Mustela lutreola in Spain, by means of radiotracking. Pp. 93-106 in: Behaviour and Ecology of Riparian Mammals. Eds. Dunstone and Gorman, Cambridge University Press, London.
23. PALAZÓN S., J.C. CEÑA, S. MAÑAS, A. CEÑA and J. RUIZ-OLMO, 2002. - Current distribution of the European mink (Mustela lutreola) in Spain. Small Carnivore Conservation, 26: 9-11.
24. PREVITALI, A., M.H. CASSINI and D.W. MACDONALD, 1998. - Habitat use and diet of the American mink (Mustela vison) in Argentinian Patagonia. J. Zool. Lond., 246: 482-486.
25. RITCEY, R.W. and R.Y. EDWARDS, 1956. - Live trapping mink in British Colombia. J. Mammal., 37: 114-116.
26. RÖSLER, R., 1991. - Status of the European mink (Mustela lutreola) in Romania. Pp. 11-14 in: Proceedings of the group of experts on the European mink. Council of Europe, Doc TPVS (91) 16, Strasbourg.
27. ROZHNOV, V.V., 1993. - Extinction of the European mink: ecological catastrophe or a natural process? Lutreola, 1: 10-16.
28. SAINT GIRONS, M.C., 1991. - Le Vison sauvage (Mustela lutreola) en Europe. Sauvegarde de la nature, 54, Conseil de l'Europe, Strasbourg, 41 p.
29. SIDOROVICH, V.E., 1991. - Distribution and status of minks in Byelorussia. Mustelid and Viverrid Conservation, 5: 14.
30. TUMANOV, I.L., 1992. - The number of European minks (Mustela lutreola) in the eastern area and its relation to American mink. Pp. 329-336 in: Semiaquatische Saügetiere. Materialaen des 2 International symposium, Eds. Schröpfer, R. et al., Martin-Luther Universität, Halle-Wittenberg.
31. VAN BREE, P.J. H and M.C. SAINT GIRONS, 1966. - Données sur la répartition et la taxonomie de Mustela lutreola en France. Mammalia, 30: 270-291.
32. YOUNGMAN, P.M., 1982. - Distribution and systematics of the European mink, Mustela lutreola. Acta Zool. Fenn., 166: 1-48.