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INHS Reports, January 2015: Think Mink

Ahlers, Adam; Wolff, Pat; Schooley, Bob ; Heske, Ed

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Title
INHS Reports, January 2015: Think Mink
Author(s)
  • Ahlers, Adam
  • Wolff, Pat
  • Schooley, Bob
  • Heske, Ed
Issue Date
2015-01
Keyword(s)
  • mink
  • wetlands
  • Toxoplasma gondii
Geographic Coverage
Illinois
Abstract
We used 6 years (2007–2012) of presence-absence surveys based on mink sign such as tracks and scats as well as radio-tracking of 34 mink to evaluate features of streams and the surrounding landscape that influenced habitat selection. We also examined movements and home range sizes of stream-dwelling mink, survival rates and mortality factors, diets, and prevalence of a parasite, Toxoplasma gondii. Our study included 60–90 survey sites per year in Champaign, Piatt, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion, and McLean Counties.
Publisher
Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
INHS Reports no. 413 (01)
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
Handle URL
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/114501
Copyright and License Information
Copyright 2015, University of Illinois Board of Trustees.

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