The influence of Feral Cats Felis catus on the distribution and abundance of introduced and endemic Galápagos rodents

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 210-215

  Dexter, Nick ^a,b   Dowler, Robert C ^c   Flanagan, Joseph P ^d   Hart, Sharelle ^e   Revelez, Marcia A ^c,f   Lee Jr , Thomas E ^g  

^a CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^b Booderee National Park   (Australia)

^c ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Houston Zoo   (United States)

^e Environment Australia   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^g ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feral cat; Gal pagos Islands; Invasive species; Nesoryzomys; Oryzomys; Predation; Rattus; Rice rat

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FELID; FERAL ORGANISM; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FELIS; FELIS CATUS; NESORYZOMYS; ORYZOMYS; ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS NATATOR; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 11144334780     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC040210     Document Type: Article

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