The diet of feral cats (Felis catus L.) at five sites on the Grande Terre, Kerguelen archipelago

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 833-837

  Pontier, Dominique ^a   Say, Ludovic ^a,e   Debias, François ^a   Bried, Joël ^b   Thioulouse, Jean ^a   Micol, Thierry ^c   Natoli, Eugenia ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^d Canile Sanitario   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELID; FERAL ORGANISM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

GRAMDE TERRE; INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

AVES; CATUS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036923846     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-002-0424-5     Document Type: Article

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