Control of feral cats for nature conservation. IV. Population dynamics and morphological attributes of feral cats at Shark Bay, Western Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 489-501

  Short, Jeff ^a,b   Turner, Bruce ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Wildlife Research and Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; FELID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR CONTROL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CANIDAE; CHONDRICHTHYES; FELIS CATUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 32444433208     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR04102     Document Type: Article

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