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NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 1, Pages 9-23Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/03014220709510059
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weasel; stoat; competition; habitat selection; invasive mink; abundance indices; Belarus
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In northern Belarus, we have documented a decline in the local stoat Mustela erminea population following the naturalisation of the American mink Mustela vison. The most likely cause is the reduction in the density and distribution of the main prey of stoats, the riparian voles (the water vole Arvicola terrestris and the root vole Microtus oeconomus), due to excessive predation by mink. Since the stoat population has declined, the number of weasels Mustela nivalis in marshlands has increased and their mean body mass has increased, correlated with the higher number and mean weights of rodents available for weasels in marshland compared with forest habitats.
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