Do domestic cats impose an unsustainable harvest on urban bird populations?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-130

  van Heezik, Yolanda ^a   Smyth, Amber ^a   Adams, Amy ^a   Gordon, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Felis catus; GPS; Home range; Impact; Population modelling

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DOMESTIC SPECIES; FELID; GPS; HARVESTING; HOME RANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; METAPOPULATION; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT;

AUSTRALASIA; DUNEDIN; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

AVES; FELIS CATUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 71649104761     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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