Observations of stoats (Mustela erminea) swimming

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-169

  Veale, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ferret; invasion; island; Mustela erminea; Mustela furo; stoat; swimming

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIZATION; ISLAND; MUSTELID; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA FURO;

EID: 84878558717     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2012.716071     Document Type: Article

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