Title

Author; Van Rensburg, P.J.J.

dc.contributor.advisor	SAJAR	en_ZA
dc.contributor.author	Author	en_ZA
dc.contributor.author	Van Rensburg, P.J.J.
dc.coverage.spatial	Antarctica	en_ZA
dc.coverage.spatial	Marion Island
dc.date.accessioned	2018-08-23T07:54:43Z
dc.date.available	2018-08-23T07:54:43Z
dc.date.created	1971	en_ZA
dc.date.created	1986
dc.date.issued	1971	en_ZA
dc.date.issued	1986
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7426
dc.description.abstract	abstract	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	The effect of the disease feline panleucopaenia (FPL) as a primary control measure for feral house cats (Felis catus) on Marion Island (46�'S, 37�'E) is evaluated, suggesting a decrease in density, lowered fecundity and a change in the population age structure. At a low cat density FPL as a biological control measure is probably not effective. The smaller cat population is still reducing the burrowing petrels and this is reflected in a change in the diet of both cats and Antarctic skuas (Catharacta antarctica) and the higher breeding success of petrels in cat free areas. Hunting as a secondary control measure seems possible at a low density and a negative growth rate of cats. Female cats could be removed and density decreased lin-early with time in an intensively hunted area, with hunting success and density showing no statistical relationship.	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	Sponsored by the National Research Foundation (South Africa)	en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorship	Sponsored by the National Research Foundation (South Africa)
dc.description.statementofresponsibility	Antarctic Legacy of South Africa	en_ZA
dc.description.statementofresponsibility	Antarctic Legacy Project
dc.language	en_ZA	en_ZA
dc.language	en_ZA
dc.publisher	South African Journal of Antarctic Research	en_ZA
dc.publisher	South African Journal of Antarctic Research Vol 16, No 3
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol 4	en_ZA
dc.rights	Copyright	en_ZA
dc.rights	Copyright
dc.subject	Antarctica	en_ZA
dc.subject	Marion Island
dc.subject	Mammals
dc.subject	Cats
dc.subject	Control
dc.title	Title	en_ZA
dc.title	Control of the Marion Island cat (Felis catus) population: Why and how
dc.type	Articles	en_ZA
dc.type	Articles
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