Mustela erminea
Can stoat (Mustela erminea) trapping increase bellbird (Anthornis melanura) populations and benefit mistletoe (Peraxilla tetrapetala) pollination?
... Abstract: There are currently many attempts in New Zealand to restore native ecosystem functioning through the intensive control of introduced mammalian predators. One system that is faltering is bird pollination of ...
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Lack of movement of stoats (Mustela erminea) between Nothofagus valley floors and alpine grasslands, with implications for the conservation of New Zealand's endangered fauna
... The stoat (Mustela erminea Linnaeus) is a small mammalian carnivore from the family Mustelidae (King, 1983). During the 1880s stoats were introduced into New Zealand in an attempt to control rabbits (King, ...
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Observed responses of captive stoats (Mustela erminea) to nest boxes and metal collars used to protect kaka (Nestor meridionalis) nest cavities
... Kaka (Nestor meridionalis) are medium sized parrots (45 cm) endemic to New Zealand. Populations of kaka on the mainland have been severely reduced by a combination of large-scale destruction of forest habitats and the ...
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Importance of ground weta (Hemiandrus spp.) in stoat (Mustela erminea) diet in small montane valleys and alpine grasslands
... Stoats (Mustela erminea) were introduced into New Zealand in the 1880s in an attempt to control rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) (King, 1990). Since then, they have become widespread throughout a variety of ...
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Measuring stoat (Mustela erminea) and ship rat (Rattus rattus) capture success against micro-habitat factors
... Introduced stoats (Mustela erminea) are a major threat to New Zealand’s native fauna. Studies have shown that by reducing stoats to low population levels, survival and productivity of native species can be ...
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Daily activity of stoats (Mustela erminea), feral ferrets (Mustela furo) and feral house cats (Felis catus) in coastal grassland, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand
... Summary: This radio-tracking study reports the daily activity rhythms in autumn and spring of 11 stoats (Mustela erminea) (9 male, 2 female), 20 ferrets (M. furo) (8 m, 12 f) and 11 feral house cats (Felis ...
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Trappability and densities of stoats (Mustela erminea) and ship rats (Rattus rattus) in a South Island Nothofagus forest, New Zealand
... Trapping and footprint tunnel tracking rates are commonly used methods of indexing the relative abundance of small mammals in New Zealand (King and Edgar, 1977; Innes et al., 1995; Brown et al., 1996). Very few data ...
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Stoats (Mustela erminea) on Adele and Fisherman Islands, Abel- Tasman-National-Park, and Other Offshore Islands in New Zealand
... (Mustela erminea) were introduced to New Zealand in the 1880s and are generally acknowledged to have been one of the main causes of extinctions and the marked decline in numbers of native birds over the ...
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Geospatial and temporal patterns of stoat (Mustela erminea) activity in Tongariro Forest, central North Island, New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Ecology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
... (Mustela erminea) were tagged with motion-sensitive radio transmitters and monitored in Tongariro Forest during 1999 to quantify temporal patterns in stoat ...
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The behavioural responses of stoats (Mustela erminea) to trapping tunnels
... Keywords: Stoat; Mustela erminea; tunnel design; trapping,~1oat control, diameter; length; end type; hair trap; monitoring; exploratory behaviour; video observations; captivity...[r] ...
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Range and Diet of Stoats (Mustela erminea) in a New Zealand Beech Forest
... The endemic fauna of New Zealand evolved in the absence of mammalian predators and has proved particularly vulnerable to some of the mammals introduced since human settlement began about 1000 years ago (King, 1990). The ...
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Liberation and spread of stoats (Mustela erminea) and weasels (M. nivalis) in New Zealand, 1883–1920
... Accelerating outrage and complaints from the settlers, that this illogical provision prevented them from destroying predators to protect their cherished poultry and introduced game bi[r] ...
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Age-Specific Prevalence and a Possible Transmission Route for Skrjabingylosis in New Zealand Stoats, Mustela erminea
... For example: (1) the effect of exposure to seed years would be expected to be greater in the females, which eat mice more often than do males (King and Moody, 1982); (2) the unexpected r[r] ...
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Selection of alpine grasslands over beech forest by stoats (Mustela erminea) in montane southern New Zealand
... Figure 4. Range cores of stoats inhabiting alpine grasslands in the Borland Burn, estimated using kernel analysis. White heavily contoured areas = alpine grassland, dark grey areas = be[r] ...
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Population biology of small mammals in Pureora forest park .1. Carnivores (Mustela erminea, M. furo, M. nivalis, and Felis catus)
... plantation and the road verges; ferrets hunted mainly on the ground in the native forest blocks where rats and possums were abundant; and stoats ranged throughout the mosaic of all fores[r] ...
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Summer/autumn movements, mortality rates and density of feral ferrets (Mustela furo) at a farmland site in North Canterbury, New Zealand
... used and baited with fresh rabbit meat. During each day of trapping, the number of radio-collared ferrets (juveniles and adults) at risk of being captured (i.e., inside the trapping grid) was ascertained by an observer ...
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Kretschmar, Franz (2016): Die Parasiten des Europäischen Iltisses Mustela putorius Linnaeus, 1758 in Deutschland. Dissertation, LMU München: Tierärztliche Fakultät
... In dieser Studie wurden Vertreter von 17 Arten von Ektoparasiten aus vier Gruppen beim Iltis in Deutschland nachgewiesen. Vergleichbare Studien liegen aus Deutschland weder von Iltissen noch von anderen Musteliden vor. ...
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A small predator removal experiment to protect North Island weka (Gallirallus australis greyi) and the case for single- subject approaches in determining agents of decline
... Twelve Edgar traps for catching ferrets and stoats (Mustela erminea L.) (King and Edgar, 1977) and six cage traps for capturing cats were placed within the known home ranges of each of the four weka pairs ...
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. EC annual report 1990
... EC Annual Report to CITES 1990 I/E App Ann Taxon Potos fiaros Mellivora capensis Term Mustela erminea Civettietis civetta live skins trophies garments skina Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Vi[r] ...
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Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. EC annual report 1994
... European Community Annual Report to CITES 1994 I/E App Ann Taxon Term Arctictis binturong plates skins tails live Civettictis civetta skins Mustela sibirica skulls trophies Odobenus rosm[r] ...
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