Do cat restrictions lead to increased species diversity or abundance of small and mediumsized mammals in remnant urban bushland?

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 162-172

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

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Astron Environmental Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUSHLAND; CORRELATION; DIVERSITY INDEX; FELID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARSUPIAL; PREDATION; REGULATORY APPROACH; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN REGION; VEGETATION TYPE;

ARMADALE; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTECHINUS FLAVIPES; ISOODON OBESULUS; MAMMALIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 78649854104     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PC100162     Document Type: Article

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