Stoat  (Mustela erminea)

Species information

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Authentication

Information authenticated by Dr Pat Morris, with the support of the British Ecological Society
http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/

References

  1. Animal diversity web. Viewed 8/7/02. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/mustela/m._erminea$narrative.html
  2. The Environment Agency. (1998) Species and Habitats Handbook: Look-up chart of species and their legal status. The Environment Agency, Bristol.
  3. The Mammal Society. Stoat Fact Sheet. Viewed 8/7/02 http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal/stoat.shtml
  4. Macdonald, D.W. and Tattersall, F.T. (2001) Britain's mammals- the challenge for conservation. The Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Oxford University. www.wildcru.org
  5. McDonald, R.A., Harris, S., Turnbull, G., Brown, P. and Fletcher, M. (1998) Anticoagulant rodenticides in stoats (Mustela erminea) and weasels (Mustela nivalis) in England. Environmental Pollution103: 17-23.
  6. Robbie McDonald's Weasel Web, viewed 8/7/02 http://www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/mammal/weas20.htm#index
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