Determinants of mesocarnivore range use: Relative effects of prey and habitat properties on Pallas's cat home-range size

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1292-1300

  Ross, Steven ^a   Munkhtsog, Bariushaa ^b   Harris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

habitat connectivity; home range; interspecific predation; Otocolobus manul; Pallas's cat; prey

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSPECIFIC; FELID; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RANGE SIZE; SEASONALITY; STEPPE; TRADE-OFF;

CENTRAL ASIA;

EID: 84867784129     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-060.1     Document Type: Article

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