Applying home-range and landscape-use data to design effective feral-cat control programs

Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 258-265

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

^a Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Board   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Felis silvestris catus; habitat use; Kangaroo Island; vertebrate pest management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUSHLAND; COHORT ANALYSIS; FELID; GPS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; TREELINE;

AUSTRALIA; KANGAROO ISLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

FELIS CATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860117835     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR11097     Document Type: Article

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