Quantifying free-roaming domestic cat predation using animal-borne video cameras

Biological Conservation

Volumn 160, Issue , 2013, Pages 183-189

  Loyd, Kerrie Anne T ^a   Hernandez, Sonia M ^a   Carroll, John P ^a   Abernathy, Kyler J ^b   Marshall, Greg J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat wildlife interactions; Crittercam; Domestic cats; Free roaming cat predation; KittyCam; Suburban wildlife

Indexed keywords

FELID; INVERTEBRATE; LIZARD; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREY CAPTURE; SUBURBAN AREA; VIDEOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875072721     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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