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Research overview: GPS-cluster methods for estimating felid kill rates
OverviewAn overview of how the advent of GPS telemetry transformed estimation of kill rates for solitary cats such as pumas, leopards and lynx. The approach identifies spatial clusters of frequent locations,…
Research overview: age and sex selectivity in felid prey
OverviewA survey of how cats do not take prey at random but select particular age and sex classes, with consequences for prey populations. Felids frequently kill disproportionately young, old or otherwise vul…
Research overview: circuit theory and corridor design for wide-ranging cats
OverviewCircuit theory, which models animal movement as electrical current flowing across a resistance surface, has become a standard tool for mapping connectivity for wide-ranging cats. This overview surveys…
Research overview: functional response models in felid predation
OverviewA survey of how Holling's functional-response framework is applied to cats to describe how their per-capita kill rate changes with prey density. Most felids are thought to show a saturating Type II re…
Research overview: gestation length across the cat family
OverviewGestation in felids scales broadly with body size, ranging from roughly two months in small cats to around three and a half months in the largest species. This overview compiles comparative data on pr…
Research overview: intraguild predation between felids and canids
OverviewA survey of the lethal interactions between cats and dogs that share prey and space, a major structuring force in carnivore communities. Lions and hyenas kill wild dogs and cheetahs; pumas and coyotes…
Research overview: landscape genetics methods for fragmented felid populations
OverviewLandscape genetics links genetic patterns to the features of the terrain between populations, a toolkit central to studying fragmentation in cats. This overview surveys the methods, from microsatellit…
Research overview: pioneering individuals and range recolonization
OverviewRange expansions often begin with a handful of pioneering individuals making improbable journeys into vacant habitat, and this overview examines how movement science documents these events for cats. W…
Research overview: population viability analysis under climate scenarios for cats
OverviewPopulation viability analysis estimates extinction risk by simulating a population's demography forward in time, and it is increasingly run under climate scenarios for threatened cats. This overview s…
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: seasonal variation in felid prey selection
OverviewAn overview of how the prey cats select shifts through the year with prey vulnerability, migration, birth pulses and weather. Many felids exploit seasonal ungulate calving and fawning peaks, when abun…
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…