Hunters and non-hunters: Skewed predation rate by domestic cats in a rural village

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 597-602

  Tschanz, Britta ^a   Hegglin, Daniel ^a,b   Gloor, Sandra ^a   Bontadina, Fabio ^a  

^a SWILD   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birds; Conservation; Predation rate; Prey spectrum; Rural habitat; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 79956262858     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-010-0470-1     Document Type: Article

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