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I published a number of papers about the Portsmouth cats. They are listed below. To
obtain a copy of a paper, do one of the following:
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The papers are reproduced here by kind permission of the publishers.
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Dards, J.L. (1976). Feral cat behaviour and ecology. Bulletin of
the Feline Advisory Bureau, Vol 15, No 3: 10. |
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Dards, J.L. (1978). Home ranges of feral cats
in Portsmouth Dockyard. (Proceedings of the First International Conference on Domestic
Cat Population Genetics and Ecology). Carnivore Genetics Newsletter, 3:
242-255. |
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Dards, J.L. (1981). Habitat utilisation by feral cats in Portsmouth
Dockyard. In The Ecology and Control of Feral Cats, pp. 30-49. Universities
Federation for Animal Welfare. |
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Dards, J.L. (1983). The behaviour of dockyard cats: interactions of
adult males. Applied Animal Ethology, 10: 133-153. |
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Dards, J.L. and Robinson, R. (1983). Gene frequencies in a
population of feral cats in Portsmouth naval dockyard. Theor. Appl. Genet. 64:
197-204. |
The complete details of the research are in my PhD thesis:
Dards, J.L. (1979). The population ecology of feral cats (Felis catus L.) in
Portsmouth Dockyard. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Bradford.
This consists of:
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Title, Contents, Abstract, and Acknowledgements |
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1. Introduction |
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2. The habitat |
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3. Methods |
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4. Utilisation of the habitat |
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5. Home range |
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6. Social behaviour |
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7. Population dynamics |
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8. Activity patterns |
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9. Coat colour genetics |
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10. Population management |
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11. General discussion |
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Summary |
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Appendix I - The location of Portsmouth dockyard |
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Appendix II - Plant species identified in Portsmouth dockyard |
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Appendix III - The females present |
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