Extirpation of an insular subspecies by a single introduced cat: The case of the endemic deer mouse Peromyscus guardia on Estanque Island, Mexico

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Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 347-350

  Vázquez Domínguez, Ella ^a   Ceballos, Gerardo ^a   Cruzado, Juan ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alien species; Angel de la Guarda deer mouse; Estanque Island; Extinctions; Island mammals; Mexico; Peromyscus guardia

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; EXTINCTION; FELID; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS GUARDIA; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA; TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; XENICUS LYALLI;

EID: 30444455328     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605304000602     Document Type: Article

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