Movements and use of home range in the Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-283

  Schmidt, Krzysztof ^a,c   Nakanishi, Nozomi ^a   Okamura, Maki ^b   Doi, Teruo ^b   Izawa, Masako ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Home range; Iriomote cat; Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis; Reproductive strategy; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

FELID; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TERRITORIALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; IRIOMOTE; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; PRIONAILURUS; PRIONAILURUS BENGALENSIS IRIOMOTENSIS;

EID: 0345393801     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903004205     Document Type: Article

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