Assessing the impact of introduced cats on island biodiversity by combining dietary and movement analysis

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-47

  Hervias S ^a,c,d   Oppel, S ^b   Medina, F M ^c,e   Pipa, T ^d   Diez A ^d   Ramos, J A ^f   Ruiz de Ybanez R ^a   Nogales, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

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

^e Servicio de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Domestic cats; Feral cats; Generalist predator; GPS; Home range size; Prey availability; Scat composition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COEXISTENCE; DIET; DOMESTIC SPECIES; FERAL ORGANISM; HOME RANGE; ISLAND; MAMMAL; MOVEMENT; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AVES; FELIS CATUS; INVERTEBRATA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84890805175     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12082     Document Type: Article

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