The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  Nature Communications

• Publication date

  2013-01-29

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/ncomms2380PMID 23360987
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