Ecology and conservation of two endangered subspecies of the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) on Japanese islands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1884-1890

  Izawa, Masako ^a   Doi, Teruo ^b   Nakanishi, Nozomi ^a   Teranishi, Ayumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Insular habitat; Iriomote cat; Prionailurus bengalensis; Social background; Tsushima leopard cat

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FELID; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

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

FELIDAE; PRIONAILURUS BENGALENSIS; PRIONAILURUS BENGALENSIS IRIOMOTENSIS;

EID: 67949114165     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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