Food habits of feral cats (Felis silvestris catus L.) in insular semiarid environments (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands)

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 162-169

  Medina, Félix M ^a,c   López Darias, Marta ^b,c   Nogales, Manuel ^c   García, Rafael ^d  

^a Unidad de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FELID; FOOD; ISLAND; LAGOMORPH; NICHE BREADTH; NICHE OVERLAP; RODENT; SEMIARID REGION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FUERTEVENTURA; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ATELERIX ALGIRUS; ATLANTOXERUS GETULUS; AVES; COLEOPTERA; ERINACEIDAE; FELIS CATUS; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LYCIUM; LYCIUM INTRICATUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; MUS; ODONATA; ORTHOPTERA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS; REPTILIA; SCIURIDAE; SOLANACEAE; UNIDENTIFIED PLANT; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 42449137095     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07108     Document Type: Article

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