Mink predation on radio-tagged trout during winter in a low-gradient reach of a mountain stream, Wyoming

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 551-553

  Lindstrom, Jason W ^a,b   Hubert, Wayne A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Tribal Fisheries Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Brook trout; Cutthroat trout; Mink; Mustela vison; Natural mortality; Oncorhynchus clarki; Predation; Salvelinus fontinalis; Stream; Winter

Indexed keywords

AMADINA FASCIATA; FONTINALIS; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKI; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 7944220868     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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