Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) decline after the expansion of American mink (Neovison vison) in Poland

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-348

  Brzeziński, Marcin ^a   Romanowski, Jerzy ^b   Zmihorski, Michał ^c   Karpowicz, Karolina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^c MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Invasive species; Population dynamics; Predation

Indexed keywords

MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; ONDATRA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS;

EID: 77952551273     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-009-0325-9     Document Type: Article

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