Recent Publications
Harrington, L.A. and Macdonald, D.W. in press. Spatial and temporal relationships between two similar mustelids, in southern UK: the invasive American mink and the native European polecat. Journal of Mammalogy.
Harrington, L.A., Harrington, A.L. and Macdonald, D.W. in press. Distinguishing the tracks of mink Mustela vison and polecat M. putorius. European Journal of Wildlife Research. DOI 10.1007/s10344-007-0145-8 [available online]
Harrington, L.A., Harrington, A.L. and Macdonald, D.W. 2008. Estimating the relative abundance of American mink Mustela vison on lowland rivers: evaluation and comparison of two techniques. European Journal of Wildlife Research 54(1): 79-87. DOI 10.1007/s10344-007-0114-2
Hays, G.C., Forman, D.W., Harrington, L.A., Harrington, A.L., Macdonald, D.W. and Righton, D. 2007. Recording the free-living behaviour of small-bodied, shallow-diving animals with data loggers. Journal of Animal Ecology 76:183-190.
Harrington, L.A., Biggins, D.E. and Alldredge, A.W. 2006. Modelling black-footed ferret energetics: are southern release-sites better? In: Recovery of the Black-footed ferret: progress and continuing challenges. Eds. J.E. Roelle, B.J. Miller, J.L. Godbey and D.E. Biggins. Proceedings of the symposium on the status of the black-footed ferret and its habitat, Fort Collins, Colorado, January 28-29, 2004. USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5293.
Bonesi, L., Harrington, L.A., Maran, T., Sidorovich, V.E. and Macdonald, D.W. 2006. Demography of three populations of American mink Mustela vison in Europe. Mammal Review 36(1): 98-106.
Thom, M.D., Harrington, L.A. and Macdonald, D.W. 2004. Why are American mink sexually dimorphic? A role for niche separation. Oikos 105:525-535.
Harrington, L.A., Biggins, D.E. and Alldredge, A.W. 2003. Basal metabolism of the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) and the Siberian polecat (M. eversmannii). Journal of Mammalogy 84(2):497-504.
Macdonald, D.W. and Harrington, L.A. 2003. The American Mink: the triumph and tragedy of adaptation out of context. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 30:421-441.
Harrington, L.A. and Macdonald, D.W. 2002. A Review of the Effects of Pesticides on Wild Terrestrial Mammals in Britain. Oxford: WildCRU.
Harrington, L.A. and Macdonald, D.W. 2002. Morphology of American mink on Hiiumaa. In: The Darwin Initiative - European mink Mustela lutreola: Analyses for conservation, pp.101-106. D.W. Macdonald, V.E. Sidorovich, T. Maran and H. Kruuk. WildCRU, Oxford.
Harrington, L.A. 2002. Reintroduction of the black-footed ferret: lessons to be learnt. In: The Darwin Initiative - European mink Mustela lutreola: Analyses for conservation, pp.74-79. D.W. Macdonald, V.E. Sidorovich, T. Maran and H. Kruuk. WildCRU, Oxford.
UNPUBLISHED REPORTS/THESES
Harrington, L.A. 2007. The American mink, Mustela vison: its management and interactions with two native mustelids, the European polecat, M. putorius, and the Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra. DPhil thesis, University of Oxford, UK.
Harrington, L.A. 2001. Application of an energetics model to evaluate release-site potential for the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes). MS thesis, Colorado State University, USA.
Harrington, L.A., Grogan, A.L., Bonesi, L. and Macdonald, D.W. 1999. Survey of American mink, Mustela vison, on North Uist. Unpub. report to SNH, Edinburgh.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Harrington, L.A. 2006. The American mink in the UK: interactions with two native recovering mustelids (the European polecats and the Eurasian otter). Oral presentation, Defenders of Wildlife’s Carnivores 2006: Habitats, challenges and opportunities. St. Petersburg, FL, November 12-15, 2006.
Harrington, L.A., Forman, D.W., Hays, G.C., Harrington, A.L., Windham, T.R., Macdonald, D.W. and Righton, D. 2006. Foraging behaviour of American mink in lowland England in winter: to dive or not to dive? Poster presentation, British Ecological Society annual meeting. Oxford, September 5-7, 2006.
Harrington, L.A., Biggins, D.E. and Alldredge, A.W. 2004. Modelling black-footed ferret energetics: are southern release-site better? Poster presented at USGS and USFWS Symposium on the status of the black-footed ferret and its habitat. Ft. Collins, CO, January 28-29, 2004.
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