Ecological impact of inside/outside house cats around a suburban nature preserve

Animal Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-283

  Kays, Roland W ^a   DeWan, Amielle A ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FELID; FERAL ORGANISM; NATURE RESERVE; PREDATION;

FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 14044259181     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943004001489     Document Type: Article

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