Home range and movements of male feral cats (Felis catus) in a semiarid woodland environment in central Australia

Austral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 93-101

  Edwards, G P ^a   de Preu, N ^a   Shakeshaft, B J ^a   Crealy, I V ^a   Paltridge, R M ^a  

^a Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Territory   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feral cat; Fixed kernel; Home range; Minimum convex polygon; Movement patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002041280     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2001.01091.pp.x     Document Type: Article

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