Diet of feral cats in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 244-249

  Hess, Steven C ^a   Hansen, Heidi ^a   Nelson, Daniel ^a   Swift, Roberta ^b,c   Banko, Paul C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Endangered species; Felis catus; Feral cat; Hawai'i; Predation

Indexed keywords

DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK; HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

AVES; FELIS CATUS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; ORTHOPTERA; PTERODROMA SANDWICHENSIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 37349016414     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc070244     Document Type: Article

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