American mink, Mustela vison diet and predation on waterfowl in the Słońsk Reserve, western Poland

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-238

  Bartoszewicz, Magdalena ^a   Zalewski, Andrzej ^b  

^a Warta River Mouth Landscape Park   (Poland)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

American mink; Diet; Predation on birds; Predator impact; Waterfowl nesting success

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DIET; MUSTELID; NATURE RESERVE; PREDATION; WATERFOWL;

POLAND;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER ANSER; ATRA; AVES; FULICA ATRA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELIDAE; PLATYRHYNCHOS; PODICEPS; PODICIPEDIDAE; RALLIDAE; TADORNA TADORNA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0142091383     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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