Demography of three populations of American mink Mustela vison in Europe

Mammal Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-106

  Bonesi, L ^a,b   Harrington, L A ^a   Maran, T ^c   Sidorovich, V E ^d   MacDonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c Foundation 'Lutreola'   (Estonia)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Age structure; Culling; Life tables; Mortality; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAMMAL; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 33745035433     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2006.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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