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The natural history of weasels and stoats : ecology, behavior, and management
Title:
The natural history of weasels and stoats : ecology, behavior, and management
Author:
King, C. M. (Carolyn M.)
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Edition:
Second edition.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Physical Description:
xi, 446 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
1. Weaselly distinguished, stoatally different -- 2. Hair-trigger mouse traps with teeth -- 3. Molt and winter whitening -- 4. Body size -- 5. Food -- 6. Hunting behavior -- 7. The impact of predation by weasels on populations of natural prey -- 8. Adjustable living spaces -- 9. Reproduction -- 10. Populations : density and breeding success -- 11. Populations : survival and mortality -- 12. Human attitudes to weasels in their native environments -- 13. Stoats as introduced pests in New Zealand -- 14. Puzzles : sexual dimorphism, delayed implantation, and coexistence among weasel species.
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ISBN:
9780195300567

9780195322712
Format :
Book