Predation of the alien American mink, Mustela vison on native crayfish in middle-sized streams in central and western Bohemia

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-56

  Fischer, David ^a   Pavlučík, Petr ^b   Sedláček, František ^b,c   Šálek, Martin ^b,c  

^a Hornické Museum Pribram   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech republic; Density dependent predation; Mink diet; Prey selectivity; Stone crayfish

Indexed keywords

CRAYFISH; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MORTALITY; MUSTELID; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM;

BOHEMIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ASTACOIDEA; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS TORRENTIUM; CRUSTACEA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 64349097283     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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