Biology and impacts of Pacific island invasive species. 1. A worldwide review of effects of the small Indian mongoose, Herpestes javanicus (Carnivora: Herpestidae)

Pacific Science

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-16

  Hays, Warren S T ^a   Conant, Sheila ^b  

^a HAWAII PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; SMALL MAMMAL;

AVES; CARNIVORA; HERPESTES JAVANICUS; HERPESTIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846039729     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2007.0006     Document Type: Review

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