Danish free-ranging mink populations consist mainly of farm animals: Evidence from microsatellite and stable isotope analyses

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-274

  Hammershøj, Mette ^a,b   Pertoldi, Cino ^a,c,d   Asferg, Tommy ^a   Møller, Thomas Bach ^c   Kristensen, Niels Bastian ^e  

^a Department of Wildlife Ecology and Biodiversity National Environmental Research Institute ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Farm mink; Microsatellite DNA; Mustela vison; Wild mink

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MUSTELID; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 30944451726     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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