Distribution characteristics of unmanaged cat colonies over a 20 year period in Auckland, New Zealand

Applied Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 160-167

  Aguilar, Glenn D ^a   Farnworth, Mark J ^a  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Cat; Colony; GIS; Hotspot analysis; New Zealand; Population management

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; COLONY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FELID; GIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84871958289     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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