Modeling the biological control of an alien predator to protect island species from extinction

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 112-123

  Courchamp, Franck ^a,b   Sugihara, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biological control; Bird protection; Conservation biology; Feline Immunodeficiency Virus; Feline Leukemia Virus; FeLV; FIV; Introduced feral cat; Oceanic island; Population model; Virus introduction

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELING; PREDATOR; VIRAL DISEASE;

AVES; CATUS; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033081695     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0112:MTBCOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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