Effects of low-level culling of feral cats in open populations: A case study from the forests of southern Tasmania

Wildlife Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 407-420

  Lazenby, Billie T ^a,b   Mooney, Nicholas J ^c   Dickman, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULLING; FELID; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIDEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

FELIS CATUS;

EID: 84923320622     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR14030     Document Type: Article

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