Behavioral responses of two predator species to sudden declines in primary prey

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-58

  Norbury, Grant L ^a   Norbury, Dale C ^b   Heyward, Richard P ^a  

^a Wildlife Ecology and Management Team   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cat; Dispersal; Felis catus; Ferret; Home range; Mustela furo; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Predator prey relationships; Rabbit; Tussock grasslands

Indexed keywords

CAT; DISPERSAL; FERRET; PREY AVAILABILITY; RABBIT;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

FELIS CATUS; MUSTELA FURO; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031918886     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802263     Document Type: Article

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