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The stoat Mustela erminea population decline in northern Belarus and its consequences for weasels Mustela nivalis
Authors:Vadim E Sidorovich  Irina A Solovej
Institution:1. The Vertebrate Predation Research Group, Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Akademicheskaya Str. 27, Minsk, 220072, Belarus,;2. The Vertebrate Predation Research Group, Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Akademicheskaya Str. 27, Minsk, 220072, Belarus
Abstract:Abstract

In northern Belarus, we have documented a decline in the local stoat Mustela erminea population following the naturalisation of the American mink Mustela vison. The most likely cause is the reduction in the density and distribution of the main prey of stoats, the riparian voles (the water vole Arvicola terrestris and the root vole Microtus oeconomus), due to excessive predation by mink. Since the stoat population has declined, the number of weasels Mustela nivalis in marshlands has increased and their mean body mass has increased, correlated with the higher number and mean weights of rodents available for weasels in marshland compared with forest habitats.
Keywords:weasel  stoat  competition  habitat selection  invasive mink  abundance indices  Belarus
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