Title: The natural history of weasels and stoats : ecology, behavior, and management /
Authors: King, C. M.; Powell, Roger A.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Weasels.; Ermine.
Abstract: Both kinds of knowledge are brought together - observations for the traditional naturalist and rigorous measurements and interpretations for modern scientists, integrated into a single, readable account. This edition provides a comprehensive summary of the extensive advances over the last 15 years.
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.