Factors determining the distribution of introduced mammals in nature reserves of the southern province, New Caledonia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-191

  Rouys, Sophie ^a,c   Theuerkauf, Jörn ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NONE   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAMMAL; NATURE RESERVE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW CALEDONIA;

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS TIMORENSIS; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MUSCULUS; RATTUS; RATTUS EXULANS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; SUS; SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042284643     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR01116     Document Type: Article

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