Likeness between the food habits of European wildcats, domestic cats and their hybrids in France

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 412-417

  Germain, Estelle ^a,b   Ruette, Sandrine ^c   Poulle, Marie Lazarine ^a,b  

^a USC Pathogènes Environnement Toxoplasme Arthropodes Réservoirs bioDiversité   (France)

^b 2C2A CERFE ^*  (France)

^c OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Domestic cat; European wildcat; Felis silvestris; Food habits; Hybrid

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FELID; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS;

EID: 67749090776     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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