Protecting wildlife from predation by owned domestic cats: Application of a precautionary approach to the acceptability of proposed cat regulations

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 176-189

  Lilith, Maggie ^a   Calver, Michael ^a   Styles, Irene ^a   Garkaklis, Mark ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cat regulation; Domestic cat; Felis catus; Precautionary principle; Wildlife protection

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DOMESTIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FELID; PREDATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33644659055     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01582.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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