Seventeen years of predation by one suburban cat in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 289-296

  Flux, John E C ^a  

^a Ecological Research Associates   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Birds; Domestic cat; Felis catus; Mustelids; Predation; Rabbits; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BURROW; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPTILE; SMALL MAMMAL;

ANURA; AVES; CHALCITES LUCIDUS; CYCLODINA AENEA; FELIS CATUS; GERYGONE IGATA; LEPUS; LITORIA RANIFORMIS; MUS; MUSTELIDAE; MUSTELINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS; REPTILIA; RHIPIDURA; RHIPIDURA FULIGINOSA; RODENTIA; SCINCIDAE; SILVEREYES; TODIRHAMPHUS SANCTUS; ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS;

EID: 39049104192     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220709510087     Document Type: Article

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