The stoat Mustela erminea population decline in northern Belarus and its consequences for weasels Mustela nivalis

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-23

  Sidorovich, Vadim E ^a   Solovej, Irina A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

Abundance indices; Belarus; Competition; Habitat selection; Invasive mink; Stoat; Weasel

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; BODY MASS; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIBILITY; MAMMAL; NATURALIZATION; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; RIPARIAN ZONE;

BELARUS; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE; MUSTELA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 34247511070     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220709510059     Document Type: Article

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