Small Indian Mongoose Herpestes auropunctatus (Herpestidae, Carnivora): An invasive species in Montenegro

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 393-399

  Ćirović, Duško ^a   Raković, Maja ^a   Milenković, Miroljub ^a   Paunović, Milan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Herpestes auropunctatus; Invasive species; Mongoose; Montenegro

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SMALL MAMMAL;

ADRIATIC SEA; ALBANIA; CROATIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MONTENEGRO;

CARNIVORA; HERPESTES AUROPUNCTATUS; HERPESTES JAVANICUS; HERPESTIDAE;

EID: 78651244723     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9831-7     Document Type: Article

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