Food habits of the American mink Mustela vison in the Mazurian Lakeland, Northeastern Poland

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-188

  Brzeziński, Marcin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diet variation; Food niche; Lake habitats; Mustelidae; Predation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSTELID; NICHE BREADTH; PREDATION; SEASONALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MASURIAN LAKELAND; POLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANATIDAE; ANURA; ASTACOIDEA; AVES; CYPRINIDAE; FULICA ATRA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELIDAE; PERCIDAE; PODICEPS CRISTATUS; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 41649085976     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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