Spatio-temporal sharing between the European wildcat, the domestic cat and their hybrids

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-203

  Germain, E ^a,b   Benhamou, S ^c   Poulle, M L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b 2C2A CERFE ^*  (France)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Activity rhythms; Felis catus; Felis silvestris; Hybridization; Overlap activity index; Space sharing

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOMESTIC SPECIES; FELID; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; RURAL AREA;

FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS;

EID: 53549106626     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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