FIRE EFFECTS AND USE
WILDLIFE SPECIES: Mustela vison | Mink 



DIRECT FIRE EFFECTS ON ANIMALS : 
There are no reports of direct mortality of mink due to fire.  Because
mink are highly mobile, semi-aquatic animals and often den underground,
it seems unlikely that fire-caused mortality is ever substantial.


HABITAT RELATED FIRE EFFECTS : 
There are no reports in the literature linking fire-caused habitat
changes to mink.  Fire along streambanks that reduces cover and downed
logs would have a negative impact on mink activity.  Reduction of fish
and crayfish due to changes in stream conditions would adversely affect
mink.  Conversely, fire that resulted in increased snag numbers and
stream channel downfalls, shrub density, and herbaceous vegetation cover
would probably encourage mink activity.


FIRE USE : 
NO-ENTRY


REFERENCES : 
NO-ENTRY

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Mustela vison | Mink