Underlying impacts of invasive cats on islands: Not only a question of predation

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 327-342

  Medina, Félix M ^a,d   Bonnaud, Elsa ^b   Vidal, Eric ^c   Nogales, Manuel ^d  

^a Unidad de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; Diseases; Ecological process disruption; Felis silvestris catus; Hybridization

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; MAMMAL; PREDATION;

FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84892549489     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0603-4     Document Type: Article

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