Home range size, habitat utilisation and movement patterns of suburban and farm cats Felis catus

Ecography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-280

  Barratt, David G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b Australian Nature Conservation Agency   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS;

CAT; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0030618685     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1997.tb00371.x     Document Type: Article

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