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15 summaries matching “domestic cat” in Urban Wildcat Ecology
Cat Wars: the consequences of a cuddly killer
ReviewThis widely read synthesis assembled the scientific case that free-ranging domestic cats are a significant driver of wildlife declines and a vector for zoonotic disease, while examining the contentiou…
Marra PP, Santella C · Princeton University Press · 2016
Home range, habitat use and activity of free-roaming domestic cats
PaperThis study used radio-telemetry to characterise the movements of owned and un-owned free-roaming domestic cats in an urbanising landscape, revealing that un-owned cats ranged over far larger areas tha…
Horn JA, Mateus-Pinilla N, Warner RE, Heske EJ · Journal of Wildlife Management · 2011
Mesopredator release and bird extinctions in a fragmented urban landscape
PaperIn this widely cited study from San Diego habitat fragments, the authors showed that where bobcats and coyotes disappeared from small, isolated canyons, populations of smaller predators such as domest…
Crooks KR, Soule ME · Nature · 1999
Research overview: European wildcats at the agricultural and urban edge
OverviewThe European wildcat occupies forest and agricultural mosaics across Europe, where proximity to settlements brings hybridisation with domestic cats, road mortality and habitat fragmentation. This over…
Research overview: disease and pathogen exposure in urban-edge caracals
OverviewLiving alongside domestic cats, dogs and people exposes Cape Town caracals to pathogens and parasites that can affect their health. This overview synthesises serological and disease-ecology research o…
Research overview: domestic cat predation on native urban wildlife
OverviewFree-ranging domestic cats prey on a wide range of urban and suburban wildlife, with documented effects on birds, small mammals, reptiles and amphibians. This overview synthesises predation-rate studi…
Research overview: domestic cats threatening wild felids through hybridization
OverviewWhere domestic cats overlap with wild felids, interbreeding can erode the genetic distinctiveness of wild species, a documented threat to European wildcats and a concern for other small cats near sett…
Research overview: domestic cats within urban mesopredator communities
OverviewDomestic cats occupy the urban carnivore community alongside native mesopredators and larger carnivores, and their abundance is shaped by interactions with these species. This overview synthesises res…
Research overview: free-ranging cat density across the urban gradient
OverviewFree-ranging domestic cat density often peaks in human-dominated areas where supplemental feeding and shelter abound, declining toward wildland where native predators and scarcer food limit them. This…
Research overview: free-ranging cats, disease and wildlife-human health links
OverviewFree-ranging domestic cats are reservoirs and vectors for pathogens affecting wildlife, other cats and humans, including the protozoan that causes toxoplasmosis and various feline viruses. This overvi…
Research overview: hybridization between wild and domestic cats near settlements
OverviewWhere small wild felids overlap with free-ranging domestic cats around settlements, hybridisation and disease transmission can threaten the genetic integrity and health of wild populations. This overv…
Research overview: jungle cats in irrigated agriculture and wetland edges
OverviewThe jungle cat thrives in human-modified wetlands, irrigated croplands and reed beds across Asia and the Middle East, often close to villages and towns. This overview synthesises distribution, diet an…
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…
The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States
PaperThis landmark quantitative synthesis estimated that free-ranging domestic cats kill billions of birds and many billions of mammals annually in the United States, identifying them as among the largest…
Loss SR, Will T, Marra PP · Nature Communications · 2013