Invasive mammals in Cuba: An overview

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2279-2290

  Borroto Páez, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y SISTEMÁTICA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cuba; Cuban mammals; Introduced mammals; Invasive mammals

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAMMAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPROMYIDAE; CARNIVORA; HERPESTIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RATTUS RATTUS; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SOLENODON CUBANUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 70449527775     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9414-z     Document Type: Article

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