Indirect seed dispersal by the feral cats Felis catus in island ecosystems (Canary Islands)

Ecography

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-6

  Nogales, Manuel ^a   Medina, Félix M ^a   Valido, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAT; FERAL; LIZARD; SEED DISPERSAL;

CANARY ISLANDS;

FELIS CATUS; GALLOTIA GALLOTI; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA; LACERTIDAE; NEOCHAMAELEA PULVERULENTA; WITHANIA ARISTATA; CARNIVORA; CATUS; JUNIPERUS; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; SQUAMATA; WITHANIA;

EID: 0030304964     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1996.tb00149.x     Document Type: Article

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