TY - JOUR
T1 - Food habits of prairie mink during the waterfowl breeding season.
AU - Arnold, T. W.
AU - Fritzell, E. K.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - Male Mustela vison were studied in SW Manitoba from April through July. Mammals were the major prey during April (99% of diet) and, to a lesser extent, May through July (44-21%). Muskrats Ondatra zibethicus, ground squirrels and voles were the most important mammalian prey. Avian prey comprised 55-75% of the diet during May-July. Waterfowl (adults, ducklings, eggs) accounted for 23% of the total diet. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos and blue-winged teal A. discors were the most abundant ducks. Other important avian prey included coots Fulica americana, grebes (Podiceps auritus, Podilymbus podiceps) and marsh-nesting blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus). Mink predation had little impact on populations of praire waterfowl.-from Authors
AB - Male Mustela vison were studied in SW Manitoba from April through July. Mammals were the major prey during April (99% of diet) and, to a lesser extent, May through July (44-21%). Muskrats Ondatra zibethicus, ground squirrels and voles were the most important mammalian prey. Avian prey comprised 55-75% of the diet during May-July. Waterfowl (adults, ducklings, eggs) accounted for 23% of the total diet. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos and blue-winged teal A. discors were the most abundant ducks. Other important avian prey included coots Fulica americana, grebes (Podiceps auritus, Podilymbus podiceps) and marsh-nesting blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus). Mink predation had little impact on populations of praire waterfowl.-from Authors
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U2 - 10.1139/z87-349
DO - 10.1139/z87-349
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0023499270
SN - 0008-4301
VL - 65
SP - 2322
EP - 2324
JO - Canadian Journal of Zoology
JF - Canadian Journal of Zoology
IS - 9
ER -