Home range and spatial organisation of stoats (mustela erminea), ferrets (mustela furo) and feral house cats (felis catus) on coastal grasslands, otago peninsula, new zealand: Implications for yellow‐eyed penguin (megadyptes antipodes) conservation

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 165-174

  Moller, Henrik ^a   Alterio, Nic ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Ecosystems Consultants   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cats; Conservation; Felis catus; Ferrets; Home range; Mustela erminea; Mustela furo; Predator control; Radio tracking; Spatial organisation; Stoats; Yellow eyed penguins

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; HOME RANGE; PEST CONTROL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO PENINSULA;

FELIS CATUS; MEGADYPTES ANTIPODES; MUSTELA ERMINEA; MUSTELA FURO;

EID: 0033378768     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1999.9518186     Document Type: Article

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