The first record of Molineus patens (Dujardin, 1845) (Nematoda, Molineidae) in the ermine (Mustela erminea L.) in Poland.

Predation by Ermine and Long-tailed Weasels on Duck Eggs

Phylogeography of endemic ermine (Mustela erminea) in southeast Alaska.

The North Pacific Coast (NPC) of North America is a region of high mammalian endemism, possibly due to its highly fragmented landscape and complex glacial history. For example, four island and one mainland subspecies of ermine, Mustela erminea, have been described as endemic to southeast Alaska alone. To better understand the role of past climatic change in generating diversity in the region, w...

Ecological Semiotics: A Set of Problems and Some Biosemiotic Traditions

The biological stability of natural groups (populations) of mammals under natural conditions is maintained by behavioral mechanisms based on the information-communicative interactions of individuals. Small predator mammals leading a lonely life, such as the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), and the marten family representatives – pine marten (Martes martes), ermine or short-tailed weasel (Mustela ermine...

Signal Field Theory in Ecological Semiotics

The theory that we are about to illustrate furnishes an explanation of the animals" inter population and among species communication phenomena. We shall deal with small predator mammals that live naturally near the city of Samara (Russia, the Volga Region), such as the red fox, the pine marten, the ermine (short-tailed weasel) and the least weasel. Latin names are Vulpes vulpes (L.), Martes mar...

Short communication: The first record of Philometra rischta (Nematoda: Philometridae) in Blicca bjoerkna of Anzali wetland, Iran

  The aim of the present study was to report Philometra rischta from Blicca bjoerkna from the Caspian Sea. During this study, from August (2008) to April (2009), 78 fish specimens were collected and transferred to the aquatic research laboratory of Shahid Beheshti University and were examined for parasitic infection. Parasites were fixed in formalin (10%). The parasites were indentified accordi...