Cats about town: Is predation by free-ranging pet cats Felis catus likely to affect urban bird populations?

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Volumn 150, Issue SUPPL.1, 2008, Pages 86-99

  Baker, Philip J ^a,b   Molony, Susie E ^a   Stone, Emma ^a   Cuthill, Innes C ^a   Harris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluctuating asymmetry; Garden birds; Hyperpredation; Introduced species; Urban biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FELID; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; URBAN AREA;

BRISTOL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 50049084733     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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