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ACTA THERIOLOGICA
卷 53, 期 3, 页码 263-273出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/BF03193123
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diet; American crayfish; niche width; niche overlap; competition
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Diet composition, niche measures, and prey consumption of three sympatric species of carnivores, one non-native and introduced, the American mink Neovison vison Schreber, 1777, and two native, the spotted genet Genetta genetta Linnaeus, 1758 and the Eurasian otter Lutra lutra Linnaeus, 1758, were studied in a Spanish Mediterranean area. The study was based on the analysis of prey remains in the faeces of the predators. Faeces of mink (n = 444), genet (n = 310), and otter (n = 108) were collected all year round for four years along the Llobregat (21 km) and Gavarresa rivers (12 km). Simultaneously, and in the same area, prey species density and weight were estimated by means of trapping. The diet of mink and genet was dominated by the American crayfish Procambarus clarkii, while the otter fed almost exclusively on fish. Compared to the mink, the genet seemed to specialise more on small mammals while the mink specialised more on aquatic birds, especially in autumn-winter. Niche overlap was higher between mink and genet than between either of them and the otter.
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