Food habits of stoats Mustela erminea and weasels Mustela nivalis in Denmark

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-186

  Elmeros, Morten ^a,b  

^a National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark   (Denmark)

^b Otter Conservation Consult   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diet; Dietary niche; Ermine; Mustelidae; Niche overlap

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTIVORE; MAMMAL; PREY PREFERENCE; RODENT;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; AVES; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MICROTUS; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE; MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELIDAE; MUSTELINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA; TALPA EUROPAEA;

EID: 33646252474     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03192669     Document Type: Article

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