Invasive american mink mustela vison in wetlands of the cape horn biosphere reserve, southern Chile: What are they eating?

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Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-90

  Ibarra, José Tomás ^a,d   Fasola, Laura ^b,e   MacDonald, David W ^b   Rozzi, Ricardo ^c,f   Bonacic, Cristián ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

American mink; Cape Horn; Diet; Invasive species; Mustela vison; Seasonal variations; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; DIET; FAUNA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; MAMMAL; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURE RESERVE; PREDATION; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WETLAND;

CAPE HORN; CHILE; HORN ISLAND [WOLLASTON ISLANDS]; MAGALLANES; SOUTH AMERICA; WOLLASTON ISLANDS;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; RODENTIA;

EID: 67349234507     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308099997     Document Type: Article

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