The use of scent glands to improve the efficiency of mink (Mustela vison) captures in the Outer Hebrides

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-271

  Roy, S S ^a   Macleod, I ^a   Moore, N P ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eradication; Invasive species; Mink; Mustela vison; Scent lures; Trapping; Western Isles

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAMMAL; TRAPPING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HEBRIDES; OUTER HEBRIDES; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN ISLES;

AVES; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 33846399138     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2006.9518456     Document Type: Article

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