Diet of the American mink mustela vison and its potential impact on the native fauna of navarino Island, cape horn biosphere reserve, Chile

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 585-598

  Schüttler, Elke ^a,b,c   Cárcamo, Jaime ^b   Rozzi, Ricardo ^b,d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Department of Philosophy   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Exotic mammals; Management; Mustelids; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

ABROTHRIX XANTHORHINUS; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELIDAE; ONDATRA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PELECANIFORMES; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67349242354     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: 07176317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2008000400011     Document Type: Article

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