Abundance and habitat preferences of the southernmost population of mink: Implications for managing a recent island invasion

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 725-743

  Schüttler, Elke ^a,b,c   Ibarra, José Tomás ^b,d   Gruber, Bernd ^a   Rozzi, Ricardo ^b,e   Jax, Kurt ^a,b,c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; Castor canadensis; Chile; Exotic species; Management; Neovison vison; Population size; Sign surveys; Trapping; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; ISLAND; MUSTELID; NATIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROCKY SHORE; RODENT; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAPPING; WETLAND; WILDERNESS AREA;

CHILE; MAGALLANES; NAVARINO ISLAND;

CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTORIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 76549116370     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9730-3     Document Type: Article

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