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71 summaries matching “felids” in Urban Wildcat Ecology
Research overview: the landscape of fear shaping urban and exurban felids
OverviewThe landscape-of-fear concept holds that perceived predation risk, including risk from humans acting as super-predators, reshapes where and how animals move, feed and rest. This overview synthesises e…
Research overview: thermal stress and microclimate use by urban felids
OverviewCities create urban heat islands and altered microclimates that can impose thermal stress on felids, influencing their use of shade, water and cool refuges, especially as climate warming intensifies.…
Research overview: trophic consequences of subsidised urban predators
OverviewWhen anthropogenic food subsidises predators, the effects ripple through food webs, altering predation pressure on native prey and interactions among carnivores. This overview synthesises research on…
Research overview: viral disease dynamics in urban-edge wild felids
OverviewWild felids living near cities are exposed to pathogens including feline immunodeficiency virus, feline leukemia virus and others, sometimes shared with domestic cats, raising conservation and One Hea…
Research overview: water resources and riparian corridors for urban felids
OverviewWater sources and riparian corridors are disproportionately important to felids in human-dominated landscapes, providing drinking water, prey, cover and movement routes through otherwise hostile devel…
Research overview: wetland dependence and habitat specialisation in fishing cats
OverviewFishing cats are tightly bound to wetlands, with partially webbed feet and fish-catching behaviour that make them among the most habitat-specialised felids and therefore acutely vulnerable to wetland…
Research overview: wildlife crossings and connectivity planning for felids
OverviewWildlife crossings, from large vegetated overpasses to underpasses and culverts, are a primary engineering response to the roads that fragment felid populations near cities. This overview synthesises…
Research overview: wildlife crossings and road mitigation for small felids
OverviewRoad mortality is a major threat to ocelots and other small cats in developing landscapes, prompting investment in crossing structures, fencing and culvert modifications. This overview synthesises eva…
The influence of human disturbance on wildlife nocturnality
PaperThis landmark global meta-analysis showed that mammals across the world, including many carnivores, increase their nocturnal activity in response to human disturbance, becoming more active at night ev…
Gaynor KM, Hojnowski CE, Carter NH, Brashares JS · Science · 2018
Urban Carnivores: ecology, conflict and conservation
ReviewThis edited volume assembled the foundational synthesis of urban carnivore biology, bringing together chapters on species from coyotes and foxes to felids, and on cross-cutting themes of disease, conf…
Gehrt SD, Riley SPD, Cypher BL · Johns Hopkins University Press · 2010
Widespread anticoagulant poison exposure in predators in a rapidly growing African city
PaperThis study from the Urban Caracal Project documented extensive exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides among caracals and other predators in and around Cape Town, South Africa. Screening showed that mo…
Serieys LEK, Bishop J, Okes N, Broadfield J, Winterton DJ, Poppenga RH, Viljoen S, Wayne RK, ORiain MJ · Science of the Total Environment · 2019