Feral pigs facilitate hyperpredation by golden eagles and indirectly cause the decline of the island fox

Animal Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 307-318

  Roemer, Gary W ^a,f   Coonan, Timothy J ^b   Garcelon, David K ^c   Bascompte, Jordi ^d   Laughrin, Lyndal ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Channel Islands National Park   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; CANIDAE; CICONIIFORMES; SUS SCROFA; UROCYON LITTORALIS;

EID: 0007953061     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943001001366     Document Type: Article

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