CATastrophic Myths Part 1: Common misconceptions about the social behavior of domestic cats and implications for their health, welfare, and management

C Croney, M Udell, M Delgado, K Ekenstedt… - The Veterinary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cats are among the most popular pets worldwide, but there are still major gaps in the
public's general understanding of their social behaviors and related needs, including for …

Trophic patterns and home‐range size of two generalist urban carnivores: a review

I Castañeda, C Bellard, I Jarić, B Pisanu… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Foxes and cats are the most abundant medium‐sized urban carnivores. To date, however,
there has been a lack of effort to synthesize data on the spatial and trophic resources used …

[HTML][HTML] Caught on camera: The impacts of urban domestic cats on wild prey in an African city and neighbouring protected areas

CL Seymour, RE Simmons, F Morling… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Domestic cats (Felis catus) have contributed to the extinction of indigenous species
worldwide, but impacts in Africa are unstudied. We compare prey returned home from three …

Human influences shape the first spatially explicit national estimate of urban unowned cat abundance

JL McDonald, E Skillings - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Globally, unowned cats are a common element of urban landscapes, and the focus of
diverse fields of study due to welfare, conservation and public health concerns. However …

Trap-neuter-return activities in urban stray cat colonies in Australia

K Tan, J Rand, J Morton - Animals, 2017 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Urban stray cats in Australia are poorly regarded because of wildlife
predation and nuisance behaviors. However, current methods of population control via low …

Counting the C apital's cats: Estimating drivers of abundance of free‐roaming cats with a novel hierarchical model

MV Cove, V Herrmann, DJ Herrera… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Free‐roaming cats are a conservation concern in many areas but identifying their impacts
and develo** mitigation strategies requires a robust understanding of their distribution …

Predation of wildlife by domestic cats in a Neotropical city: a multi-factor issue

I Mella-Mendez, R Flores-Peredo, JD Amaya-Espinel… - Biological …, 2022 - Springer
Domestic cats are a potential risk for native fauna in the Neotropics. Intrinsic (age, weight,
sex, color) and extrinsic (nocturnal confinement, time spent outside the home, distance to …

Bridging the research-implementation gap in avian conservation with translational ecology

SP Saunders, JX Wu, EA Gow, E Adams… - The Condor, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The recognized gap between research and implementation in avian conservation can be
overcome with translational ecology, an intentional approach in which science producers …

Generalized spatial mark–resight models with incomplete identification: An application to red fox density estimates

J Jimenez, R Chandler, J Tobajas… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The estimation of abundance of wildlife populations is an essential part of ecological
research and monitoring. Spatially explicit capture–recapture (SCR) models are widely used …

Multistate matrix population model to assess the contributions and impacts on population abundance of domestic cats in urban areas including owned cats, unowned …

DTT Flockhart, JB Coe - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Concerns over cat homelessness, over-taxed animal shelters, public health risks, and
environmental impacts has raised attention on urban-cat populations. To truly understand …