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10 summaries matching “domestic-cat” in Urban Wildcat Ecology
Ecological impact of inside and outside house cats around a suburban preserve
PaperThis study quantified prey returned by house cats living beside a suburban nature preserve, distinguishing cats kept partly indoors from those roaming freely, and estimated the predation they imposed…
Kays RW, DeWan AA · Animal Conservation · 2004
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
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: behavioural tolerance of leopard cats at the urban edge
OverviewLeopard cats occur not only in deep farmland but at the fringes of towns and suburbs across parts of Asia, suggesting considerable tolerance of human activity. This overview synthesises camera-trap an…
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: 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: the mesopredator release concept in urban ecosystems
OverviewMesopredator release, in which the decline of top predators allows smaller predators to increase and overexploit prey, is a foundational concept linking urban fragmentation to biodiversity loss. This…
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…
Small home ranges and large local ecological impacts of pet cats
PaperDrawing on GPS-tracking of hundreds of pet cats across several countries, this study found that owned cats typically stayed close to home with small home ranges, yet concentrated their hunting in thos…
Kays R, Dunn RR, Parsons AW, Mcdonald B, et al · Animal Conservation · 2020