Studying the effects of multiple invasive mammals on Cory's shearwater nest survival

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 143-155

  Hervias S ^a,b,c   Henriques, A ^a   Oliveira, N ^a   Pipa, T ^a   Cowen, H ^d   Ramos, J A ^e   Nogales, M ^c   Geraldes, P ^a   Silva, C ^a   de Ybáñez, R Ruiz ^b   Oppel, S ^f  

^a SPEA Portuguese Society for the Study of Birds   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c Island Ecology and Evolution Research Group   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^f RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feral cats; Interaction among predators; Macaronesian islands; Nest survival; Procellariiformes; Rats

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BREEDING POPULATION; FELID; FERAL ORGANISM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; NEST; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; SEABIRD;

CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; MAMMALIA; MUS; PROCELLARIIFORMES; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84870781706     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0274-1     Document Type: Article

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