Ecology and genetics of wild-living cats in the north-east of Scotland and the implications for the conservation of the wildcat

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 146-161

  Daniels, Mike J ^a,d   Beaumont, Mark A ^b   Johnson, Paul J ^a   Balharry, David ^c   Macdonald, David W ^a   Barratt, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c The Croft   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation below species level; Pelage variation; Relatedness; Tabby

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DOMESTIC SPECIES; FELID; GENETIC STRUCTURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034921255     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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