Title

Author; Van Aarde, R.J.

dc.contributor.advisor	SAJAR	en_ZA
dc.contributor.author	Author	en_ZA
dc.contributor.author	Van Aarde, R.J.
dc.coverage.spatial	Antarctica	en_ZA
dc.coverage.spatial	Antarctica
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	1979
dc.date.issued	1971	en_ZA
dc.date.issued	1979
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7432
dc.description.abstract	abstract	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	Feral cats were found to be well established all around Marion Island over an area of 234 km2, up to the 450 m contour line. Estimated crude and ecological densities for the coastal and interior regions were 9,75 and 13,85 and 1,31 and 4,98 cats per km2 respectively. Cat distribution seems to be influenced by that of their avian prey species, which in turn appears to be influenced by the availability of soft soil in which to burrow. The majority of cats inhabited the coastal region, with the highest densities occurring on the grey lava slopes, followed by Cotula-hillocks, and areas of vegetated black lava. No cats occurred on barren black lava flows. Extrapolation from region specific density data gave a population estimate of 2 139 �0 individuals.	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 9
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	Cats
dc.subject	Feral
dc.title	Title	en_ZA
dc.title	Distribution and density of the feral house cat Felis catus on Marion Island
dc.type	Articles	en_ZA
dc.type	Articles
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