Black rats, island characteristics, and colonial nesting birds in the Mediterranean: Consequences of an ancient introduction

Conservation Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1452-1466

  Martin, Jean Louis ^a   Thibault, Jean Claude ^b   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^c  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b Parc Naturel Régional de Corse ^*  (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COLONIAL BREEDING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ISLAND; SEABIRD; SIZE EFFECT; SUBSTRATE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

AVES; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 0033782122     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2000.99190.x     Document Type: Article

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