Cat-exclusion zones in rural and urban-fringe landscapes: How large would they have to be?

Wildlife Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-56

  Metsers, Elizabeth M ^a   Seddon, Philip J ^a   Van Heezik, Yolanda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; GPS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LIZARD; MOVEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; RANGE SIZE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESOURCE SELECTION; RURAL LANDSCAPE; URBANIZATION;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

FELIS CATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77649299370     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR09070     Document Type: Article

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