Description
The dataset is devoted to 1 species - the European mink - Mustela lutreola (Class - Mammalia; Order - Carnivora). It includes the results of the observations of the European mink on the Kunashir island (Kuril Islands, Russia) in 2014-2021 and the site of the intentional introduction of European mink to the island in the 1980s in order to preserve an endangered species. Dataset includes 36 occurrences. In 23 cases, the footprints of minks were recorded in the snow or on sandbanks; in other cases, the animals were recorded visually or using camera traps. The Database of European mink on Kunashir Island confirms the existence of this species far from the main part of its severely declining distribution range.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 36 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Kisleyko A, Grishchenko M, Kozlovsky E, Khlyap L (2021): Database of the European mink (Mustela lutreola L., 1761) on Kunashir Island. v1.0. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. Dataset/Occurrence. http://gbif.ru:8080/ipt/resource?r=mustela_lutreola_dataset&v=1.0
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 22914bef-d1f8-410b-86ba-eabe44773988. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.
Keywords
intentional introduction; species preservation; the Nature reserve Kurilsky
Contacts
- Originator
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- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator
- senior researcher
- Leninskiye Gory, 1
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- Originator
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- Lesnaya str., 7
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Geographic Coverage
The European mink is found throughout the whole Kunashir Island. From an unnamed stream near the Bystry stream in the west of the island to the site of the species introduction near the Bannyy stream in the east, and from a lakes near the Belozerskaya river in the south of the island to the upper reaches of the Tyatina river in the north.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [43.742, 145.445], North East [44.355, 146.175] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The dataset is devoted to the European mink - Mustela lutreola (Class - Mammalia; Order - Carnivora)
| Species | Mustela lutreola (European Mink) |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1981-09-24 / 2021-03-20 |
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Project Data
The study of ranges dynamics of the worst invasive species in Russia inevitably includes the collection of data on other alien species in Russia. The European mink belongs to the species, the number and range of which are rapidly decreasing. The evidence for the survival of the European mink (Mustela lutreola L.) on Kunashir Island 40 years after its first introduction is little known to theriologists. Our dataset make the data about European mink on Kunashir Island publicly available. The approbation of the approaches that are being developed in our project for rare species is important in order to determine the scope of application of the developed methods.
| Title | Dynamics of ranges of the worst invasive species in Russia under different scenarios of the global climate change, consequences of potential invasions and assessment of their effects on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems |
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| Identifier | 21-14-00123 |
| Funding | Russian Scientific Foundation |
| Study Area Description | Kunashir Island |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Curator
- Programmer
Sampling Methods
The European mink (Mustela lutreola L.) has a typical mink appearance and reliably differs from the American mink (Neovison vison), the white fur coloration on both the upper and lower lip, as a result of which the European mink has a white ring around the lips. Animals with such a feature were clearly visible in the frames taken by a camera trap on the Kunashir. The footprints of the European mink have the characteristic appearance of the medium mustelids. The mink is a near-water animal, and its track is distinguished by entering and exiting water. It is impossible to distinguish a European mink from an American one by traces, but there is no American mink on the island, while the presence of a European mink is confirmed by camera traps.
| Study Extent | The dataset includes data on current observations of the European mink on the Kunashir island, including the territory of the Kurilskiy nature reserve. The animals were intentionally introduced to the island in the 1980s in order to preserve the species. Dataset includes 36 occurrences: 4 are places of European mink release on Kunashir island in the 1980s and 32 - all registrations of mink and its traces in nature on Kunashir from the beginning of 2014 to mid-2021. In 23 cases, footprints of minks were recorded in the snow or on sandbanks, in other cases, animals were recorded: 4 times - during the release, 1 time - visual observation in nature, 7 times - registration of minks with camera traps and 1 time the mink was caught by a poacher who used animal trap. All occurrences included in the Dataset correspond to 29 locations. There are 2 localities where minks were observed on different dates: first, footprints were found, and then a camera trap was set up. With the help of camera traps, 7 occurrences were obtained: 2 on the Pervukhin creek and 4 on the left inflow of Lesnaya river. Our Dataset confirms the existence of the European mink far from the main part of its native distribution range, which is catastrophically declining. The collected data is the result of the current monitoring of the endangered species in the native range and the basis for future observations. |
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Method step description:
- The dataset is material collected during the field surveys. In most cases, the geolocation was determined in situ using GPS. The coordinates of the places of release and some places where minks were found were determined from Google Earth. Good knowledge of the terrain and working conditions allowed us to give these coordinates with an accuracy of 0.00001. The content of the records was created taking into account the Darwin Core specifications Our dataset data is validated by visualizing the occurrences it contains. All of them are located within the Kunashir Island and lie on freshwater streams or reservoirs. We checked the created dataset for compliance with the Darwin Core specification. No contradictions were found.
Bibliographic Citations
- Ternovskiy D.V., Ternovskaya Yu.G. 1994. Ecology of marten-like animals / Ed. Evsikov V.I. Novosibirsk, Science: Siberian press, 223 p. [in Russian]
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | http://gbif.ru:8080/ipt/resource?r=mustela_lutreola_dataset |
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