Relationships between cat lovers and feral cats in Rome

Anthrozoos

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 16-23

  Natoli, Eugenia ^a   Ferrari, Marika ^a   Bolletti, Elisabetta ^a   Pontier, Dominique ^b  

^a Azienda USL Roma D   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS; ROMAN;

EID: 0033442801     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/089279399787000408     Document Type: Review

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