Limited nest site availability helps seabirds to survive cat predation on islands

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 214, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 316-324

  Pontier, Dominique ^a   Fouchet, David ^a   Bried, Joël ^b   Bahi Jaber, Nargès ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alternative preys; Deterministic model; Domestic cat; Nest site availability; Oceanic islands; Prey predator relationships; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ALTERNATIVE PREYS; DETERMINISTIC MODEL; DOMESTIC CAT; NEST SITE AVAILABILITY; OCEANIC ISLANDS; PREY-PREDATOR RELATIONSHIPS; SEABIRDS;

ECOLOGY;

BREEDING SEASON; FELID; GROWTH; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; ISLAND; LAGOMORPH; NEST SITE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

AVES; FELIS CATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 43049179829     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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