Home ranges of feral cats (Felis catus) in central-western New South Wales, Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 587-595

  Molsher, Robyn ^a,b,c   Dickman, Chris ^b   Newsome, Alan ^a   Müller, Warren ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELID; FERAL ORGANISM; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

FELIS CATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 28244470975     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR04093     Document Type: Article

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