Mammal invaders on islands: Impact, control and control impact

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 347-383

  Courchamp, Franck ^a   Chapuis, Jean Louis ^b   Pascal, Michel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biological invasions; Introduced species; Island restoration

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXOTIC SPECIES; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION REGULATION; PREDATOR; REVIEW; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; SPECIES INVASION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0141594728     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793102006061     Document Type: Review

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