Feral cats felis catus threaten the endangered endemic Barau's petrel pterodroma baraui at Reunion Island (Western Indian Ocean)

Waterbirds

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 330-336

  Faulquier, Lucie ^a   Fontaine, Remi ^a   Vidal, Eric ^b   Salamolard, Marc ^c   Le Corre, Matthieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Société d'Etudes Ornithologiques De La Réunion   (France)

Author keywords

Alien mammal; Cat predation; Conservation; Endemic seabird; Extinction risk; Tropical island; Tubenose

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FELID; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; WADER;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

AULICHTHYS JAPONICUS; AVES; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; PTERODROMA BARAUI; RODENTIA;

EID: 77749273885     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.032.0213     Document Type: Article

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