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Titre :	Food habits of feral cats (Felis silvestris catus L.) in insular semiarid environments (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands)
Auteurs :	Felix M. Medina, Auteur ; Marta López-Darias, Auteur ; Manuel Nogales, Auteur ; Rafael Garcia, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Wildlife Research (35(2) 2008)
Article en page(s) :	162-169
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	In this study, we present the first data on diet and impacts of feral cats on a semiarid island (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands). A total of 614 prey was identified in the 209 scats analysed. Introduced mammals, especially rabbits and mice, were the most consumed vertebrate prey and constituted more than 90% of biomass. Barbary ground squirrels, Algerian hedgehogs, and rats were preyed upon less even though they were abundant on the island. Invertebrates, mainly Orthoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera and Odonata, were the second most important prey items (in terms of actual numbers) but they contributed only minimally with respect to biomass (

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