The diet of feral cats at New Island, Falkland Islands, and impact on breeding seabirds

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 609-616

  Matias, Rafael ^a,c   Catry, Paulo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^c New Island Conservation Trust   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

Author keywords

Invasive Species; Pachyptila belcheri; Predation; Procellaria

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DIET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FELID; FERAL ORGANISM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; NESTING; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); NEW ISLAND;

DIOMEDEIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PACHYPTILA BELCHERI; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PROCELLARIA; PROCELLARIA AEQUINOCTIALIS; PROCELLARIIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; SPHENISCIDAE; SYLVILAGUS SP.;

EID: 43749105409     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0396-6     Document Type: Article

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