Estimating the relative abundance of American mink Mustela vison on lowland rivers: Evaluation and comparison of two techniques

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-87

  Harrington, Lauren A ^a   Harrington, Andrew L ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Scats; Sign surveys; Tracks

Indexed keywords

MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 38049030244     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-007-0114-2     Document Type: Article

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