Density and home range of feral cats in north-western Australia

Wildlife Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 223-231

  McGregor, Hugh W ^a,b,c   Legge, Sarah ^b   Potts, Joanne ^c   Jones, Menna E ^a   Johnson, Christopher N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY   (Australia)

^c The Analytical Edge Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; FELID; GPS; HOME RANGE; LAND MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SAVANNA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSECT;

AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84937218384     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR14180     Document Type: Article

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