Continued survival of Hispaniolan solenodon Solenodon paradoxus in Haiti

ORYX

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 611-614

  Turvey, Samuel T ^a   Meredith, Helen M R ^a   Scofield, R Paul ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b CANTERBURY MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Haiti; Hispaniolan solenodon; Macaya; Massif de la Hotte; Relict; Solenodon paradoxus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EXTINCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT USE; INSECTIVORE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROBABILITY; RELICT COMMUNITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; HAITI;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; SOLENODON; SOLENODON PARADOXUS;

EID: 53949094978     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308001324     Document Type: Article

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