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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Mustela nivalis"”.
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Sensory Aspects of Foraging Behavior in the Least Weasel (Mustela Nivalis) (Prey Detection, Carnivora)
… the manner in which adult least weasels (Mustela nivalis) hunt for prairie voles (Michrotus ochrogaster) in an indoor grassland in an attempt to investigate foraging behavior from the perspective of the predator's sensory abilities. Five least weasels were filmed while foraging within a …
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Gut content analysis of trapped mustelids and trend analysis for ship rats and stoats over six trapping seasons at Mount Taranaki : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Natural Resource Management and Ecological Engineering at Lincoln University
Stoats (Mustela erminea), weasels (Mustela nivalis), ferrets (Mustela furo) and ship rats (Rattus rattus) are responsible for some of the greatest losses to native biodiversity in New Zealand. Common methods to control these species include trapping, poison bait stations and aerially applied sodium …
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Aspects of the ecology and management of small mammalian predators in northern New Zealand
… Northern New Zealand. 120 feral cats, 85 stoats (Mustela erminea), 28 weasels (M. nivalis) and 16 ferrets (M. furo) were caught over three years, in Northland, New Zealand. The gut contents of these animals were examined and their food habits described. The main prey groups of cats were (in order …