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Vulnerable bird species and avian mortality due to predation by domestic cat (Felis catus) in anthropogenically transformed landscapes of the Bukovynian Carpathians Cover

Vulnerable bird species and avian mortality due to predation by domestic cat (Felis catus) in anthropogenically transformed landscapes of the Bukovynian Carpathians

By: Andriy Yuzyk  
Open Access
|Dec 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2024-0029 | Journal eISSN: 2061-9588 | Journal ISSN: 1215-1610
Language: English
Page range: 174 - 203
Submitted on: Aug 15, 2024
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Accepted on: Oct 30, 2024
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Published on: Dec 8, 2024
Published by: MME/BirdLife Hungary
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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