First results of feral cats (Felis catus) monitored with GPS collars in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 288-296

  Recio, Mariano R ^a   Mathieu, Renaud ^b   Maloney, Richard ^c   Seddon, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Activity; GPS telemetry; Habitat use; Predator control; Radio tracking; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BRAIDED RIVER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATOR CONTROL; RADIOTELEMETRY; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAGGING; TRACKING; TRAPPING; VALLEY; WADER; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONITORING; RANGE SIZE; RIVER BED; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NEW ZEALAND;

FELIS CATUS; HIMANTOPUS NOVAEZELANDIAE;

EID: 77957171914     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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