Development of population control strategies for mink Mustela vison, using floating rafts as monitors and trap sites

Biological Conservation

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 533-543

  Reynolds, Jonathan C ^a   Short, Mike J ^a   Leigh, Rhian J ^b  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien species; Arvicola terrestris; Mink; Monitoring; Mustela vison; Population control; Raft; Scent attractant; Tracks; Trapping; Water vole

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; MUSTELID; PREDATOR CONTROL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TRAPPING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ARVICOLA; ARVICOLA TERRESTRIS; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 8344289268     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.03.026     Document Type: Article

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