Conservation implications of small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) predation in a hotspot within a hotspot: The Hellshire Hills, Jamaica

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-33

  Lewis, Delano S ^a,b,c   van Veen, Rick ^a,b   Wilson, Byron S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Jamaican Iguana Recovery Group   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Herpestes auropunctatus (javanicus); Invasive Alien Species (IAS); Jamaican Iguana; Mongoose; Predation

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FEATHER; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HAIR; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIZARD; PREDATION; SEED; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STOMACH CONTENT;

HELLSHIRE; JAMAICA;

AVES; CARNIVORA; CELESTUS; CYCLURA COLLEI; HERPESTES AUROPUNCTATUS; HERPESTES JAVANICUS; HERPESTIDAE; IGUANIA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78650309661     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9781-0     Document Type: Article

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