Estimating and indexing feral cat population abundances using camera traps

Wildlife Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 732-739

  Bengsen, Andrew ^a,b   Butler, John ^a   Masters, Pip ^a  

^a Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Board   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

abundance index; camera trap; Felis catus; feral cat; mark recapture

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FELID; GPS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HOME RANGE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SATELLITE DATA;

AUSTRALIA; KANGAROO ISLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84255199213     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR11134     Document Type: Article

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