You're currently viewing an old version of this dataset. To see the current version, click here.

European mink (Mustela lutreola) and American mink (Neovison vison) detection histories in Northern Spain between 2000 and 2011

Understanding changes over time in the distribution of interacting native and invasive species that may be symptomatic of competitive exclusion is critical to identify the need for and effectiveness of management interventions. Occupancy models greatly increase the robustness of inference that can be made from presence/absence data when species are imperfectly detected, and recent novel developments allow for the quantification of the strength of interaction between pairs of species. We used a two-species multi-season occupancy model to quantify the impact of the invasive American mink on the native European mink in Spain through the analysis of their co-occurrence pattern over twelve years (2000 - 2011) in the entire Spanish range of European mink distribution, where both species were detected by live trapping but American mink were culled. We detected a negative temporal trend in the rate of occupancy of European mink and a simultaneous positive trend in the occupancy of American mink. The species co-occurred less often than expected and the native mink was more likely to become extinct from sites occupied by the invasive species. Removal of American mink resulted in a high probability of local extinction where it co-occurred with the endemic mink, but the overall increase in the probability of occupancy over the last decade indicates that the ongoing management is failing to halt its spread. More intensive culling effort where both species co-exist as well as in adjacent areas where the invasive American mink is found at high densities is required in order to stop thedecline of European mink.

Data and Resources

This dataset has no data

Cite this as

Santulli Sanzo, Giulia, Palazón, Santiago, Melero, Yolanda, Gosálbez, Joaquim, Lambin, Xavier (2014). Dataset: European mink (Mustela lutreola) and American mink (Neovison vison) detection histories in Northern Spain between 2000 and 2011. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831490

DOI retrieved: 2014

Additional Info

Field Value
Imported on November 30, 2024
Last update November 30, 2024
License CC-BY-3.0
Source https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.831490
Author Santulli Sanzo, Giulia
Given Name Giulia
Family Name Santulli Sanzo
More Authors
Palazón, Santiago
Melero, Yolanda
Gosálbez, Joaquim
Lambin, Xavier
Source Creation 2014
Publication Year 2014
Resource Type application/zip - filename: Santulli_Sanzo_2014
Subject Areas
Name: Ecology

Related Identifiers
Title: Multi-season occupancy analysis reveals large scale competitive exclusion of the critically endangered European mink by the invasive non-native American mink in Spain
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.05.002
Type: DOI
Relation: IsSupplementTo
Year: 2014
Source: Biological Conservation
Authors: Santulli Sanzo Giulia , Palazón Santiago , Melero Yolanda , Gosálbez Joaquim , Lambin Xavier .