Home range of house cats Felis Catus living within a national park

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-60

  Meek, Paul D ^a,b  

^a South eastern NSW and ACT Hydatid Control Campaign   (Australia)

^b State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Domestic cat; Home range; Radio tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244462082     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am03051     Document Type: Article

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