Control of rabbits to protect island birds from cat predation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-225

  Courchamp, Franck ^a   Langlais, Michel ^b   Sugihara, George ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird conservation; Control strategies; Feral cats; Hyperpredation process; Introduced mammals; Mathematical model; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

BIRD; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND; MAMMAL; PEST CONTROL; PREDATION;

EID: 0033168675     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00131-1     Document Type: Article

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