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Research overview: Toxoplasma seroprevalence across wild felid populations worldwide
OverviewSerosurveys consistently reveal high Toxoplasma exposure in wild felids, reflecting their role as both definitive hosts and predators of infected prey. This overview synthesizes prevalence patterns ac…
Research overview: commensal rodent abundance subsidising urban felids
OverviewCities support large populations of commensal rodents fed by human waste, and these rodents form a critical prey subsidy for small and medium urban felids from bobcats to leopard cats and jungle cats.…
Research overview: edge effects shaping felid habitat in fragmented cities
OverviewHabitat edges created by urban development alter microclimate, vegetation, prey, disturbance and predator interactions, shaping how felids use the boundary between natural and built land. This overvie…
Research overview: predation on neonate ungulates by cats
OverviewA survey of how felids exploit the seasonal pulse of newborn ungulates, a period of high vulnerability that can dominate annual recruitment losses. During calving and fawning seasons, abundant, hidden…
Research overview: surplus killing events in felids
OverviewAn overview of documented cases in which cats kill more prey than they can eat, extending Kruuk's classic analysis to felids. Surplus killing in cats typically occurs when normal prey escape responses…