There are only three remaining populations of European mink Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761) in ... more There are only three remaining populations of European mink Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761) in Europe: the Western (Spain and France), the Romanian (Danube Delta) and the Russian population (divided into several subpopulations). The current Spanish population is composed of less than 500 individuals, distributed along 2300 kilometres of watercourses. The presence and the ecological competition with the American mink, the lost of available habitat, water pollution, the isolation and the small size of the population, a high human-induced mortality and the prevalence of the Aleutian mink disease are the main threats faced by the European mink in Spain and other European countries. The National Conservation Strategy aims to ensure the viability of Spanish European mink population by increasing its population size and distribution. However, there first urge is to control the American mink and improve the riparian habitat. Otherwise, European mink could be displaced by the American mink...
Abstract Human intervention is the main cause of the decline of the Critically Endangered Europea... more Abstract Human intervention is the main cause of the decline of the Critically Endangered European mink Mustela lutreola. In this study we analysed the main causes of direct human-caused mortality of the species in Spain. A total of 47 mortality records were obtained for the period 1950–1989, and 145 for 1990–2008. There was temporal variation in the cause of death, with trapping and shooting being the most common causes of mortality in 1950–1989 and road-kills in 1990–2008. In the case of road-kills there was variation related to road type. Males were more affected by road-kills than females, especially during the mating season when they range more widely. Our results indicate that there has been a change in human social behaviour and in people’s awareness of the species, with a reduction in European mink captured and shot but an increase in mortality on roads.
ABSTRACT Human intervention is the main cause of the decline of the Critically Endangered Europea... more ABSTRACT Human intervention is the main cause of the decline of the Critically Endangered European mink Mustela lutreola. In this study we analysed the main causes of direct human-caused mortality of the species in Spain. A total of 47 mortality records were obtained for the period 1950–1989, and 145 for 1990–2008. There was temporal variation in the cause of death, with trapping and shooting being the most common causes of mortality in 1950–1989 and road-kills in 1990–2008. In the case of road-kills there was variation related to road type. Males were more affected by road-kills than females, especially during the mating season when they range more widely. Our results indicate that there has been a change in human social behaviour and in people’s awareness of the species, with a reduction in European mink captured and shot but an increase in mortality on roads.
Abstract We describe novel aspects of the social organisation of the Pyrenean desman, Galemys pyr... more Abstract We describe novel aspects of the social organisation of the Pyrenean desman, Galemys pyrenaicus, by studying home range and shelter use behaviour in a local population. A total of 45 individuals were trapped of which 20 provided informative ...
There are only three remaining populations of European mink Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761) in ... more There are only three remaining populations of European mink Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761) in Europe: the Western (Spain and France), the Romanian (Danube Delta) and the Russian population (divided into several subpopulations). The current Spanish population is composed of less than 500 individuals, distributed along 2300 kilometres of watercourses. The presence and the ecological competition with the American mink, the lost of available habitat, water pollution, the isolation and the small size of the population, a high human-induced mortality and the prevalence of the Aleutian mink disease are the main threats faced by the European mink in Spain and other European countries. The National Conservation Strategy aims to ensure the viability of Spanish European mink population by increasing its population size and distribution. However, there first urge is to control the American mink and improve the riparian habitat. Otherwise, European mink could be displaced by the American mink...
Abstract Human intervention is the main cause of the decline of the Critically Endangered Europea... more Abstract Human intervention is the main cause of the decline of the Critically Endangered European mink Mustela lutreola. In this study we analysed the main causes of direct human-caused mortality of the species in Spain. A total of 47 mortality records were obtained for the period 1950–1989, and 145 for 1990–2008. There was temporal variation in the cause of death, with trapping and shooting being the most common causes of mortality in 1950–1989 and road-kills in 1990–2008. In the case of road-kills there was variation related to road type. Males were more affected by road-kills than females, especially during the mating season when they range more widely. Our results indicate that there has been a change in human social behaviour and in people’s awareness of the species, with a reduction in European mink captured and shot but an increase in mortality on roads.
ABSTRACT Human intervention is the main cause of the decline of the Critically Endangered Europea... more ABSTRACT Human intervention is the main cause of the decline of the Critically Endangered European mink Mustela lutreola. In this study we analysed the main causes of direct human-caused mortality of the species in Spain. A total of 47 mortality records were obtained for the period 1950–1989, and 145 for 1990–2008. There was temporal variation in the cause of death, with trapping and shooting being the most common causes of mortality in 1950–1989 and road-kills in 1990–2008. In the case of road-kills there was variation related to road type. Males were more affected by road-kills than females, especially during the mating season when they range more widely. Our results indicate that there has been a change in human social behaviour and in people’s awareness of the species, with a reduction in European mink captured and shot but an increase in mortality on roads.
Abstract We describe novel aspects of the social organisation of the Pyrenean desman, Galemys pyr... more Abstract We describe novel aspects of the social organisation of the Pyrenean desman, Galemys pyrenaicus, by studying home range and shelter use behaviour in a local population. A total of 45 individuals were trapped of which 20 provided informative ...
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