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Mustela erminea (short-tailed weasel) — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Mustela erminea

Common names: short-tailed weasel, short-tailed weasels

Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Carnivora > Mustelidae

Roles: study subject, predator

ITIS TSN: 180555

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 8 | Mentions: 9

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Knowledge graph centered on Mustela erminea with 72 nodes and 238 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, Ligusticum porteri, Delphinium, Spruce, Potentilla.

Publications (8)

Habitat selection in a fluctuating ground squirrel population: Density - dependence and fitness consequences

2022Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

Bridging animal personality with space use and resource use in a free-ranging population of an asocial ground squirrel

2021Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

Behavioral and spatial dynamics in a fluctuating population of golden-mantled ground squirrels (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>)

2020Role: predator

Litter relocation behavior in two species of ground dwelling squirrels

2019EthologyRole: text_match

Predator and prey species have opposing responses to recreational trail use

2019Role: text_match

Behavioral strategies of golden-mantled ground squirrels, <i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>

2016Role: text_match

Do mule deer respond to the sounds of their predators?

2012Role: text_match

Influence of population density and climate on the demography of subalpine golden-mantled ground squirrels

Documents (1)

environmental assessment

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae8 shared papers

Vulpes vulpes

Canidae8 shared papers

Populus

Salicaceae7 shared papers

Spermophilus lateralis

7 shared papers

Populus tremuloides

Salicaceae7 shared papers

Callospermophilus lateralis

Sciuridae7 shared papers

long-tailed weasels

6 shared papers

Neogale frenata

Mustelidae6 shared papers

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Sciuridae6 shared papers

Vatellus lateralis

Dytiscidae6 shared papers

2011Journal of MammalogyRole: text_match