Feeding habits offeral cats felis silvestris catus in the countryside of Majorca Island, Spain

Wildlife Biology in Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-38

  Millan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Sanitat i Control de Fauna   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic islands; Feeding ecology; Invasive species; Mallorca; Mediterranean sea

Indexed keywords

APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; AVES; FELIS CATUS; GEKKONIDAE; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS SP.; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 78549280487     PISSN: 16462742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2461/wbp.2010.6.3     Document Type: Article

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