Impacts of alien mink predation on island vertebrate communities of the Baltic sea archipelago: Review of a long-term experimental study

Boreal Environment Research

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. A, 2008, Pages 3-16

  Banks, Peter B ^a   Nordström, Mikael ^b,c   Ahola, Markus ^b   Salo, Pälvi ^b   Fey, Karen ^b   Korpimäki, Erkki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Southern Finland Natural Heritage   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO BUFO; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; RANA TEMPORARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 40749094112     PISSN: 12396095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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