Food habits of Ermine, Mustela erminea, in a forested landscape

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 245-248

  Edwards, Marka ^a,b   Forbes, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diet analysis; Ermine; Food habits; Forest landscape; Long Tailed Weasel; Mustela erminea; Mustela frenata

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOREST; PREY PREFERENCE;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; MUSTELA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA FRENATA; MUSTELINAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; SCIURIDAE; SOREX; SORICIDAE; TAMIAS STRIATUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS; TAMIUS STRIATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842428708     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v117i2.703     Document Type: Article

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